Tuesday, May 28, 2013

What is known as logical equivalence?


The compound proposition that has the same truth values in all possible cases is called logical equivalence. OR The proposition p and q is logical equivalent if p↔q is a tautology.
Eg: ~(p  ˄ q) and ~p ∨ ~q are logically equivalent.
p
q
¬p
¬q
p ˄ q
¬ (p ˄ q)
¬p ∨ ¬q
¬ (p ˄ q) ↔ ¬p ∨ ¬q
T
T
F
F
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
F
F
T
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
T
T
T
Since, ¬ (p ˄ q) ↔ ¬p ∨ ¬q is a tautology we can say that ¬ (p ˄ q) and ¬p ∨ ¬q are logically equivalent.

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