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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Axiom of choice - Wikipedia

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    There are several weaker statements that are not equivalent to the axiom of choice but are closely related. One example is the axiom of dependent choice (DC). A still weaker example is the axiom of countable choice (AC ω or CC), which states that a choice function exists for any countable set of nonempty sets.

  5. Equivalents of the Axiom of Choice - Wikipedia

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    Equivalents of the Axiom of Choice is a book in mathematics, collecting statements in mathematics that are true if and only if the axiom of choice holds. It was written by Herman Rubin and Jean E. Rubin, and published in 1963 by North-Holland as volume 34 of their Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics series.

  6. Contraposition - Wikipedia

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    In other words, the contrapositive is logically equivalent to a given conditional statement, though not sufficient for a biconditional. Similarly, take the statement " All quadrilaterals have four sides, " or equivalently expressed " If a polygon is a quadrilateral, then it has four sides.

  7. 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 bidirectional implication 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.

  8. Necessity and sufficiency - Wikipedia

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    For a third facet, identify every mathematical predicate N with the set T(N) of objects, events, or statements for which N holds true; then asserting the necessity of N for S is equivalent to claiming that T(N) is a superset of T(S), while asserting the sufficiency of S for N is equivalent to claiming that T(S) is a subset of T(N).

  9. Axiom of dependent choice - Wikipedia

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    is also equivalent over to the statement that every pruned tree with levels has a branch (proof below). Furthermore, D C {\displaystyle {\mathsf {DC}}} is equivalent to a weakened form of Zorn's lemma ; specifically D C {\displaystyle {\mathsf {DC}}} is equivalent to the statement that any partial order such that every well-ordered chain is ...