Episode 142
Logical conjunction
Fri, 2017-Sep-22 01:37 UTC
Length - 1:49
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With 211,041 views on Thursday, 21 September 2017 our article of the day is Logical conjunction.
In logic and mathematics, and is the truth-functional operator of logical conjunction; the and of a set of operands is true if and only if all of its operands are true. The logical connective that represents this operator is typically written as ∧ or ⋅ .
"A and B" is true only if A is true and B is true.
An operand of a conjunction is a conjunct.
The term "logical conjunction" is also used for the greatest lower bound in lattice theory.
Related concepts in other fields are:
In natural language, the coordinating conjunction "and".
In programming languages, the short-circuit and control structure.
In set theory, intersection.
In predicate logic, universal quantification.
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