A Bi-conditional statement is a mathematical and logical construct according to which, one statement is true if and only if another statement is true. These kinds of statements are used in geometric and formal logic proofs. The truth and false of the statements is based on the truth and false of both statements. If both statements are true, the table will be true, and if the statement is false, the table will also be false. De Morgan’s law is used to negate the bi-conditional statement that states the connection of logical operators is made by their negatives. The bi-conditional statement can be demonstrated commonly by using its equivalence to the conjunction of the two converses. Both are demonstrated separately.
Rules of Inference
The biconditional has rules of inference just like all connectives in the first-order logic. It has governed uses as formal proofs:
Introduction of Bi-conditional
The Bi-conditional statement is inferred in a case that if Z follows from X, and X follows from Z, then X if and only if Z.
For example, from the statements “If I am eating, then I am hungry” and If I am hungry, then I am eating”, it can be inferred that “I am eating if and only if I am hungry” and “if I am hungry, then I am eating” or, equally inferable, “I am eating if and only if I am hungry”.
Z → XX → Z∴ X ↔ Z Z → XX → Z∴ Z ↔ X
Biconditional Elimination
Biconditional elimination makes it easy to infer the conditional from the biconditional: If (X ↔ Z), then the inferred direction of the biconditional is (X → Z) and (Z → X). For instance, if it is true that “I am eating if and only if I am hungry” then it is also true that “if I am hungry, then I am eating”. Formally:
(X ↔ Z)∴ (X → Z)
Also
(X ↔ Z)∴ (Z → X)
Truth Tables for Bi-conditional
The truth or falsity statement is used as the representation statement in the truth tables. The truth table enables you to understand the combination and the truth and falsity of each statement. The truth table has a column for each statement to know about the false and truth of each compound statement:
- If the X is true and Z is true, then both biconditional statements are true.
- If the X is true and Z is false, then both biconditional statements are false.
- If X is false and Z is true, then the biconditional statements are false.
- If the X is false and Z is also false, the biconditional statements are true.
When a conditional statement and its converse are true, it can be written a bi-conditional statement. The conditional statement has a one-way arrow (→) and the bi-conditional statement has two-way arrows (↔). If both bi-conditional statements have the same values, the compound statement will be true, otherwise, it will be false.
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