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 Tautology
 test for a tautology

 Calling Sequence Tautology(b, p) Contradiction(b, p)

Parameters

 b - Boolean expression p - (optional) unevaluated name

Description

 • The Tautology and Contradiction commands test whether the given Boolean expression b is a tautology or a contradiction.
 • The Tautology(b) calling sequence returns true if b is a tautology (true for every valuation of its variables) and false otherwise.  Similarly, Contradiction(b) returns true if b is a contradiction (false for every valuation of its variables) and false otherwise.
 • If the parameter p is supplied and the test returns false, then a valuation is assigned to p which demonstrates a negative result. Otherwise, p is assigned NULL. Note that the test may be significantly faster if p is not given.

Examples

 > $\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{Logic}\right):$
 > $\mathrm{Tautology}\left(\left(a&andb&or\mathrm{¬}\left(a\right)\right)&or\mathrm{¬}\left(b\right)\right)$
 ${\mathrm{true}}$ (1)
 > $\mathrm{Tautology}\left(\left(a&iffb\right)&orb,'p'\right)$
 ${\mathrm{false}}$ (2)
 > $p$
 $\left\{{a}{=}{\mathrm{true}}{,}{b}{=}{\mathrm{false}}\right\}$ (3)
 > $\mathrm{Tautology}\left(a&or\mathrm{¬}\left(a\right),'p'\right)$
 ${\mathrm{true}}$ (4)
 > $p$
 > $\mathrm{Contradiction}\left(\left(a&or\mathrm{¬}\left(a&andb\right)\right)&norb\right)$
 ${\mathrm{true}}$ (5)
 > $\mathrm{Contradiction}\left(\left(a&iffb\right)&orb,'p'\right)$
 ${\mathrm{false}}$ (6)
 > $p$
 $\left\{{a}{=}{\mathrm{false}}{,}{b}{=}{\mathrm{true}}\right\}$ (7)
 > $\mathrm{Contradiction}\left(\mathrm{¬}\left(a\right)&anda,'p'\right)$
 ${\mathrm{true}}$ (8)
 > $p$