3.1 Statements and Quantifiers 3.2 Truth Tables
A statement is a declarative sentence that is either true or false. Examples: Mr. Healey is my math teacher. It is sunny today in Narragansett = 10 The Patriots lost this past weekend.
Paint the wall. Paul Pierce is better than Ray Allen.
May be formed by combining two or more statements using logical connectives. And, or, not, if…then are examples of connectives.
The negation of a true statement is false. The negation of a false statement is true.
“Tom Jones has a red car.” The negation would be: “Tom Jones does not have a red car” “The sun is a star” The negation would be: “The sun is not a star.”
ConnectiveSymbolType of statement AND Λ Conjunciton OR V Disjuction Negation ~
Let p represent “It is 80 degrees today” and let q represent “It is Tuesday.” Write each symbolic statement in words. p V q ~p Λ q ~(p V q) ~(p Λ q)
StatementNegation All do.Some do no. (Equivalently: Not all do.) Some do.None do. (Equivalently: All do not.)
Truth tables give every outcome for specific compound statements. Today we will look at AND, OR, and the NEGATION truth tables.
Example: I went to Florida and saw a Red Sox game. pq p Λ q TTT TFF FTF FFF
I own a Nissan or I own a Ford. pqp V q TTT TFT FTT FFF
p~p TF FT
P , 23-35odd, 43,4447,49,52, 57, 58, 59, P : 7-15