Assingment: Propositional Equivalence & Logical Equivalence
Assingment: Propositional Equivalence & Logical Equivalence
PROPOSITIONAL EQUIVALENCE
&
LOGICAL EQUIVALENCE
MSc. IT
Directorate of Information Technology & Support Systems
University of Kashmir
verify the following Logical Equivalences using a
TRUTH TABLE
1. p → q ≡ ¬ q → ¬ p
2.p ∧ q ≡ ¬(p → ¬q)
3.(p → q) ∨ (p → r) ≡ p → (q ∨ r)
4.p ↔ q ≡ ¬p ↔ ¬q
5.p ↔ q ≡ (p ∧ q) ∨ (¬p ∧ ¬q)
6.¬(p ↔ q) ≡ p ↔ ¬q
Show that each of these conditional statements is a
tautology by using TRUTH TABLE
1. (p ∧ q) → p
2. (p ∧ q) → (p → q)
3. ¬(p → q) → ¬ q
4. [¬p ∧ (p ∨ q)] → q
5. [(p → q) ∧ (q → r)] → (p → r)
6. [(p ∨ q) ∧ (p → r) ∧ (q → r)] → r