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GEORGE DVORSHY
-highlighted that the famous NEGATION OF A STATEMENTS
Fibonacci sequence has captivated Every statement is associated with
mathematics, artist, designers, and another statement called its
scientist for century. negation. In mathematics language,
for every statement p, there is a
GOLDEN RATION negated statements ~p.
-its ubiquity and astounding
functionality in nature suggests CONJUCTION (^)
its importance as a fundamental The conjunction is the joining of
characteristic of the universe. two statements p and q denoted by
p^q. The connective and is denoted
GOLDEN RECTANGLE by the symbol ^.
-also called perfect rectangle by
some is a rectangle in which the DISJUNCTION (∨)
ratio of its width is the Golden The disjunction of p and q is the
Ratio. compound statements “p and q”
denoted by p ∨ q. The connective or
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC is denoted by the symbol ∨.
It is the analysis of the method of
reasoning.
CONNECTIVES
In order to combine two or more
statements, we need connectives. In
this unit, we will study only four
“and” “or” “if then” and “if and
only if”. We will also include the
connective for negation “not”
Ex: p^q
Today is Friday and it is raining.
p ^ q
Ex: ~q^r
It is not raining and I am going to a movie.
~ q ^ r