Discrete Structures2080.15 marksPropositional Equivalences
Give an example of tautology and contradiction. Show that implication and contrapositive are equivalence.
Give an example of tautology and contradiction. Show that implication and contrapositive are equivalence. [5]
--- A tautology is a compound proposition that is always true, regardless of the truth values of its component propositions. Example: $$p \lor \neg p \quad \text{("p or not p")}$$ $p$ $\neg p$ $p \lor \neg p$ -------------------------------- T F T F T T Since the last column is always T,