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  2. If and only if - Wikipedia

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    The corresponding logical symbols are "", "", [6] and , [10] and sometimes "iff".These are usually treated as equivalent. However, some texts of mathematical logic (particularly those on first-order logic, rather than propositional logic) make a distinction between these, in which the first, ↔, is used as a symbol in logic formulas, while ⇔ is used in reasoning about those logic formulas ...

  3. Logical biconditional - Wikipedia

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    Venn diagram of (true part in red) In logic and mathematics, the logical biconditional, also known as material biconditional or equivalence or biimplication or bientailment, is the logical connective used to conjoin two statements and to form the statement "if and only if" (often abbreviated as "iff " [1]), where is known as the antecedent, and the consequent.

  4. List of logic symbols - Wikipedia

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    In logic, a set of symbols is commonly used to express logical representation. ... if and only if, iff, xnor propositional logic, Boolean algebra ...

  5. 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.

  6. Logical equivalence - Wikipedia

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    In logic and mathematics, statements and are said to be logically equivalent if they have the same truth value in every model. [1] The logical equivalence of p {\displaystyle p} and q {\displaystyle q} is sometimes expressed as p ≡ q {\displaystyle p\equiv q} , p :: q {\displaystyle p::q} , E p q {\displaystyle {\textsf {E}}pq} , or p q ...

  7. List of valid argument forms - Wikipedia

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    In syllogistic logic, there are 256 possible ways to construct categorical syllogisms using the A, E, I, and O statement forms in the square of opposition. Of the 256, only 24 are valid forms. Of the 24 valid forms, 15 are unconditionally valid, and 9 are conditionally valid.

  8. Validity (logic) - Wikipedia

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    An argument is valid if and only if it would be contradictory for the conclusion to be false if all of the premises are true. [3] Validity does not require the truth of the premises, instead it merely necessitates that conclusion follows from the premises without violating the correctness of the logical form .

  9. Logical truth - Wikipedia

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    Logical truth is one of the most fundamental concepts in logic. Broadly speaking, a logical truth is a statement which is true regardless of the truth or falsity of its constituent propositions . In other words, a logical truth is a statement which is not only true, but one which is true under all interpretations of its logical components ...