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  2. Conjunction elimination - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, conjunction elimination (also called and elimination, ∧ elimination, [1] or simplification) [2][3][4] is a valid immediate inference, argument form and rule of inference which makes the inference that, if the conjunction A and B is true, then A is true, and B is true. The rule makes it possible to shorten longer proofs ...

  3. List of rules of inference - Wikipedia

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    Rules of inference are syntactical transform rules which one can use to infer a conclusion from a premise to create an argument. A set of rules can be used to infer any valid conclusion if it is complete, while never inferring an invalid conclusion, if it is sound. A sound and complete set of rules need not include every rule in the following ...

  4. Disjunction elimination - Wikipedia

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    Transformation rules. In propositional logic, disjunction elimination[1][2] (sometimes named proof by cases, case analysis, or or elimination) is the valid argument form and rule of inference that allows one to eliminate a disjunctive statement from a logical proof. It is the inference that if a statement implies a statement and a statement ...

  5. Modus ponens - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, modus ponens (/ ˈmoʊdəsˈpoʊnɛnz /; MP), also known as modus ponendo ponens (from Latin 'method of putting by placing'), [ 1 ]implication elimination, or affirming the antecedent, [ 2 ] is a deductive argument form and rule of inference. [ 3 ] It can be summarized as " P implies Q.P is true.

  6. Natural deduction - Wikipedia

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    The first two rules of formation provide a definition of a term that is effectively the same as that defined in term algebra and model theory, although the focus of those fields of study is quite different from natural deduction. The third rule of formation effectively defines an atomic formula, as in first-order logic, and again in model theory.

  7. Logical conjunction - Wikipedia

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    Venn diagram of. In logic, mathematics and linguistics, and ( ) is the truth-functional operator of conjunction or logical conjunction. The logical connective of this operator is typically represented as 1 or or (prefix) or or 2 in which is the most modern and widely used. The and of a set of operands is true if and only if all of its operands ...

  8. Propositional calculus - Wikipedia

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    The propositional calculus[a] is a branch of logic. [1] It is also called propositional logic, [2] statement logic, [1] sentential calculus, [3] sentential logic, [1] or sometimes zeroth-order logic. [4][5] It deals with propositions [1] (which can be true or false) [6] and relations between propositions, [7] including the construction of ...

  9. Tautology (rule of inference) - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, tautology is either of two commonly used rules of replacement. [1][2][3] The rules are used to eliminate redundancy in disjunctions and conjunctions when they occur in logical proofs. They are: The principle of idempotency of disjunction: and the principle of idempotency of conjunction: Where " " is a metalogical symbol ...