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In logic and mathematics, the converse of a categorical or implicational statement is the result of reversing its two constituent statements. For the implication P → Q, the converse is Q → P. For the categorical proposition All S are P, the converse is All P are S. Either way, the truth of the converse is generally independent from that of ...
The inverse is "If a polygon is not a quadrilateral, then it does not have four sides." In this case, unlike the last example, the inverse of the statement is true. The converse is "If a polygon has four sides, then it is a quadrilateral." Again, in this case, unlike the last example, the converse of the statement is true.
The inverse and the converse of a conditional are logically equivalent to each other, just as the conditional and its contrapositive are logically equivalent to each other. [1] But the inverse of a conditional cannot be inferred from the conditional itself (e.g., the conditional might be true while its inverse might be false [2]). For example ...
Although many functions do not have an inverse, every relation does have a unique converse. The unary operation that maps a relation to the converse relation is an involution , so it induces the structure of a semigroup with involution on the binary relations on a set, or, more generally, induces a dagger category on the category of relations ...
Converse (logic), the result of reversing the two parts of a definite or implicational statement Converse implication, the converse of a material implication; Converse nonimplication, a logical connective which is the negation of the converse implication; Converse (semantics), pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view
In propositional logic, affirming the consequent (also known as converse error, fallacy of the converse, or confusion of necessity and sufficiency) is a formal fallacy (or an invalid form of argument) that is committed when, in the context of an indicative conditional statement, it is stated that because the consequent is true, therefore the ...
In mathematics, inverse relation may refer to: Converse relation or "transpose", in set theory; Negative relationship, in statistics; Inverse proportionality; Relation between two sequences, expressing each of them in terms of the other
Inverse (logic), a type of conditional sentence which is an immediate inference made from another conditional sentence; Additive inverse (negation), the inverse of a number that, when added to the original number, yields zero; Compositional inverse, a function that "reverses" another function; Inverse element