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MATH 213 A – Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science Dr. (Mr.) Bancroft
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The inhabitants of the island created by Smullyan are peculiar. They consist of knights and knaves. Knights always tell the truth and knaves always lie. You encounter two people A and B. Determine, if possible, what A and B are (either a knight or a knave) from the way they address you. A says “I am a knave or B is a knight.” B says nothing.
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1.1 Logic Logic- Proposition- Notation: Negation:
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Truth Tables
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Conjunction of p and q: Disjunction of p and q:
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Exclusive or: Implication/Conditional: Biconditional:
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Operations on Implications: Converse: Contrapositive: Inverse:
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More complicated truth tables
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Logic and Bit Operators
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1.2 Propositional Equivalences (Several Definitions): Compound proposition- Tautology- Contradiction- Contingency-
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Logical Equivalence
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Using Truth Tables to Demonstrate Logical Equivalence
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Some Commonly used Logical Equivalences
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Other Commonly used Logical Equivalences
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De Morgan’s Laws
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Let’s revisit the knight and knave problem: A says “I am a knave or B is a knight.” B says nothing.
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Using a Computer to Find Tautologies Practical only with small numbers of propositional variables. How many rows does the truth table contain for a compound proposition containing 3 variables? 5 variables? 10 variables? 100 variables?
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1.3 – Predicates and Quantifiers
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Note that if x has no meaning, then P(x) is just a form. The domain of x is … There are two ways to give meaning to a predicate P(x):
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The Universal Quantifier The universal quantification of the predicate P(x) is the proposition which states that… In symbols, Example: (Let the domain of discourse be all real numbers)
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The Existential Quantifier The existential quantification of the predicate P(x) is the proposition which states that… In symbols, Example: (Let the universe of discourse be all people)
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Looping to Determine the Truth of a Quantified Statement
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Free and Bound Variables “Scope” of a quantifier
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Relationship with Conjunction and Disjunction
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Negating a Quantified Statement
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Translating into English Sentences P(x) = “x likes to fly kites” Q(x,y) = “x knows y” L(x,y) = “x likes y”
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Translating from English Sentences “All cats are gray” “There are pigs which can fly”
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Logic Programming sibling(X,Y) :- parent(Z,X), parent(Z,Y), X \= Y. brother(X,Y) :- sibling(X,Y), male(X). sister(X,Y) :- sibling(X,Y), female(X). male(chris). male(mark). female(anne). female(erin). female(jessica). female(tracy). parent(chris,mark). parent(anne,mark). parent(chris,erin). parent(anne,erin). parent(chris,jessica). parent(anne,jessica). parent(chris,tracy). parent(anne,tracy). ?sibling(erin,jessica) ?sibling(mark,chris) ?parent(Z,tracy)
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Section 1.4 – Nested Quantifiers Examples: Order of quantification matters! Example: M(x,y) = “x is y’s mother”
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Another Example Translate each of these, where M is as above and S(x) = “x is a student” …
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English to First-Order Logic Let L(x,y) = “x loves y”. Translate… “Everybody loves somebody.” “There are people who love everybody” “All students love each other”
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