MATH 273 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Contraposition

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Mathematical and logical statements must have a determinable truth value. The statement 1^2 + 2^2 = 3^2 is false. X + y = 3: not a statement, since truth value cannot be determined due to variables. Negation of a universal quantifier is an existential quantifier and vice versa. The negation of all birds can fly is there exists a bird that cannot fly . A common mistake is to say the negation is all birds cannot fly . Let p (a hypothesis) and q (a conclusion) denote mathematical statements. The negation of p is true if p is false. Conditional: if p, then q (p implies q) There is generally no relationship between a statement and its converse. If p then q becomes if not q, then not p . The truth value of a statement is the same as the truth value of its contrapositive. If x and y are real numbers and x>y, then x^2 > y^2.

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