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Syllabus: Propositional and first order logic.

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# Recent questions in Mathematical Logic

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Which of the following is FALSE? $Read\ \wedge as\ AND, \vee\ as\ OR, \sim as\ NOT, \rightarrow$ as one way implication and $\leftrightarrow$ as two way implication? $((x\rightarrow y)\wedge x)\rightarrow y$ $((\sim x\rightarrow y)\wedge (\sim x\wedge \sim y))\rightarrow x$ $(x\rightarrow (x\vee y))$ $((x\vee y)\leftrightarrow (\sim x\vee \sim y))$
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In propositional logic, which of the following is equivalent to $p \rightarrow q$? $\sim p\rightarrow q$ $\sim p \vee q$ $\sim p \vee \sim q$ $p\rightarrow \sim q$
1 vote
3
Which of the following statements is false? $(P\land Q)\lor(\sim P\land Q)\lor(P \land \sim Q)$ is equal to $\sim Q\land \sim P$ $(P\land Q)\lor(\sim P\land Q)\lor(P \wedge \sim Q)$ is equal to $Q\lor P$ $(P\wedge Q)\lor (\sim P\land Q)\lor(P \wedge \sim Q)$ is equal to $Q\lor (P\wedge \sim Q)$ $(P\land Q)\lor(\sim P\land Q)\lor (P \land \sim Q)$ is equal to $P\lor (Q\land \sim P)$
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Which of the following propositions is tautology? $(p\lor q)\to q$ $p\lor (q\to p)$ $p\lor (p\to q)$ Both (B) and (C)
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Which one is the correct translation of the following statement into mathematical logic? “None of my friends are perfect.” $\neg\:\exists\:x(p(x)\land q(x))$ $\exists\:x(\neg\:p(x)\land q(x))$ $\exists\:x(\neg\:p(x)\land\neg\:q(x))$ $\exists\:x(p(x)\land\neg\:q(x))$
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The proposition ~ q ∨ p is equivalent to :
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Match the following : ...
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In propositional logic if $\left ( P \rightarrow Q \right )\wedge \left ( R \rightarrow S \right )$ and $\left ( P \vee R \right )$ are two premises such that $\begin{array}{c} (P \to Q) \wedge (R \to S) \\ P \vee R \\ \hline Y \\ \hline \end{array}$ $Y$ is the premise : $P \vee R$ $P \vee S$ $Q \vee R$ $Q \vee S$
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Consider the functions $e^{-x}$ $x^{2}-\sin x$ $\sqrt{x^{3}+1}$ Which of the above functions is/are increasing everywhere in $[ 0,1]$? Ⅲ only Ⅱ only Ⅱ and Ⅲ only Ⅰ and Ⅲ only
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Which one of the following predicate formulae is NOT logically valid? Note that $W$ is a predicate formula without any free occurrence of $x$. $\forall x (p(x) \vee W) \equiv \forall x \: ( px) \vee W$ $\exists x(p(x) \wedge W) \equiv \exists x \: p(x) \wedge W$ ... $\exists x(p(x) \rightarrow W) \equiv \forall x \: p(x) \rightarrow W$
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For $n>2$, let $a \in \{0,1\}^n$ be a non-zero vector. Suppose that $x$ is chosen uniformly at random from $\{0,1\}^n$. Then, the probability that $\displaystyle{} \Sigma_{i=1}^n a_i x_i$ is an odd number is______________
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Given that $B(a)$ means “$a$ is a bear” $F(a)$ means “$a$ is a fish” and $E(a,b)$ means “$a$ eats $b$” Then what is the best meaning of $\forall x [F(x) \to \forall y(E(y,x)\rightarrow b(y))]$ Every fish is eaten by some bear Bears eat only fish Every bear eats fish Only bears eat fish
1 vote
13
In the land of Twitter, there are two kinds of people: knights (also called outragers), who always tell the truth, and knaves (also called trolls), who always lie. It so happened that a person with handle @anand tweeted something offensive. It was not known ... Suspect $3:$ My lawyer always tells the truth. Which of the above suspects are innocent, and which are guilty? Explain your reasoning.
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Which of the following is principal conjunctive normal form for $[(p\vee q)\wedge\ \rceil p \rightarrow \rceil q ]$ ? $p\ \vee \rceil q$ $p \vee q$ $\rceil p \vee q$ $\rceil p\ \vee \rceil q$
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Match List-I with List-II: ... - (iv) (a) - (iv); (b) - (i); (c) - (iii); (d) - (ii) (a) - (iv); (b) - (iii); (c) - (i); (d) - (ii)
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“Not every satisfiable logic is valid” Representation of it will be $1)\sim \left ( \forall S(x)\rightarrow V(x) \right )$ or $2)\sim \left ( \forall S(x)\vee V(x) \right )$ Among $1)$ and $2)$, which one is correct? and why?
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Read the statements: All women are entrepreneurs. Some women are doctors. Which of the following conclusions can be logically inferred from the above statements? All women are doctors All doctors are entrepreneurs All entrepreneurs are women Some entrepreneurs are doctors Why here $2)$ ... ans?? Is it because , if we make set of doctor as 0, then All doctors are entrepreneurs is meaningless.
1 vote
The notation $\exists ! x P(x)$ denotes the proposition “there exists a unique $x$ such that $P(x)$ is true”. Give the truth values of the following statements : I)${\color{Red} {\exists ! x P(x)}} \rightarrow \exists x P(x)$ II)${\color{Red} {\exists ! x\sim P(x)}} \rightarrow \neg \forall x P(x)$ What will be answer here?? Is the assumption only for left hand side and not right hand side??