ECE103 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Truth Table

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Course: ECE103
• Professor: Martin Pei

Document Summary

Definition 1. 2. 1 let p and q be two statements. The statement p and q is called the conjunction of p and q and is true when both. P and q are true and false otherwise. The statement p or q is called the disjunction of p and q and is true when at least one of p and q is true and false otherwise. The statement not p is called the negation of p and is true when p is false and false when p is true. Implications: if p, then q where statement p is called the hypothesis and statement q is called the conclusion. ( p q ) Biconditional statement: p q is true precisely when p and q have the same truth value. It is read, p if and only if q. Example: p (q or r) (p and (not q)) r.