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4.3 Propositional Logic
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>ropositional logic (or prop logic) deals with the validity, satisfiability (also called consisten )
ind unsatisfiability (inconsistency) of a formula and the derivation of a new formula cs
quivalence laws. Each row of a truth table for a given formula ais called its interpretation a
vhich the value of a formula may be either true or false. A formula @ is said to be a tautology if
nd only if the value of @ is true for all its interpretations. Now, the validity, satisfiability, and
nsatisfiability of a formula may be determined on the basis of the following conditions: