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material implication

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Also known as implication, material consequence, simply implication, implies, conditional, material conditional, if-then, logical implication

logical connective between two assertions, frequently symbolized by a (most often double) arrow to the right

Key facts

Definition
x → y {\displaystyle x\to y}
Truth table
( 1011 ) {\displaystyle (1011)}
Disjunctive
x ¯ + y {\displaystyle {\overline {x}}+y}
Conjunctive
x ¯ + y {\displaystyle {\overline {x}}+y}
Zhegalkin polynomial
1 ⊕ x ⊕ x y {\displaystyle 1\oplus x\oplus xy}
0 preserving
no
1 preserving
yes
Monotone
no
Affine
no
Self dual
no

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Boolean function
Subclass of
proposition
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Unicode character
different from
material implication
TeX string
\longrightarrow
studied by
Boolean algebra
Commons category
Material conditional
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Related concepts

Propositional calculus Predicate logic Boolean algebra Truth table Truth function Boolean function Functional completeness Scope (logic)

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