Lesson 1 Proposition
Lesson 1 Proposition
Lesson 1 Proposition
Objectives:
Introduction
Sample Argument:
All mathematicians wear sandals.
Anyone who wears sandals is an algebraist.
Therefore, all mathematicians are algebraist.
Proposition – is a declarative sentence that is either true or false (but not both).
Truth Value - the truth or falsehood of a proposition is called its truth value.
Connectives such as “and” and “or” are used for making compound propositions.
If p: It is raining,
q: It is cold,
conjunction of p and q is :
disjunction of p and q is :
p v q: It is raining or it is cold.
• However, if it is raining (true) and it is also cold (false), then we would consider the
proposition,
Conjunction (AND)
p v q: It is raining or it is cold,
• If it is raining (true) and it is also cold (true), then we would consider the proposition,
• However, if it is raining (false) and it is also cold (false), then we would consider the
proposition,
Negation (NOT)
• or simply as:
Example:
• Operator Precedence - In all expression involving some of all the operators , and ,
• in the absence of parenthesis, we 1st evaluate , then and then .
Summary
• Conjunction – it will give a True result if and only if the value of both propositions is True
• Disjunction – it will give a False result if and only if the value of both propositions if False.