Translations for „biconditional“ in the English » German Dictionary

biconditional N

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biconditional (logical operator) COMPUT, MATH

Bikonditional nt

material biconditional N

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material biconditional (logical operator) COMPUT, MATH

materiale Äquivalenz

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In that case, in the conditional, the result is true, yet in the biconditional the result is false.

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However, it is cloudy if it is raining is not meant as a biconditional, since it can be cloudy while not raining.

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Alternative names for biconditional are iff, xnor and bi-implication.

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The rule makes it possible to introduce a biconditional statement into a logical proof.

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In other words, the contrapositive is logically equivalent to a given conditional statement, though not sufficient for a biconditional.

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Except for negation and biconditional, its truth tables are all different from the above.

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In logic and related fields such as mathematics and philosophy, if and only if (shortened iff) is a biconditional logical connective between statements.

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Biconditional introduction is the converse of biconditional elimination.

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The corresponding logical operations are known, respectively, as conjunction, disjunction, material conditional, biconditional, and negation.

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There is clearly no logical equivalence between the two halves of this particular biconditional.

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