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conditional proof

conditional proof noun: a proof showing that if an assumption A is true then a consequent statement or conclusion B must also be true, i.e. B is true on the condition that A is true.

Noun

conditional proof (plural conditional proofs)

  1. A proof showing that if an assumption A is true then a consequent statement or conclusion B must also be true, i.e. B is true on the condition that A is true.
    • A conditional proof corresponds to the application of what Douglas Hofstadter calls the "Fantasy Rule" in his masterwork "GEB:EGB". Surprisingly, the theory of propositional calculus which he develops in GEB:EGB employs several inference rules but no axioms: the need for any axioms is done away...

Forms of conditional proof

pluralconditional proofs

Questions about conditional proof

What does conditional proof mean?
Conditional proof means a proof showing that if an assumption A is true then a consequent statement or conclusion B must also be true, i.e. B is true on the condition that A is true.
What part of speech is conditional proof?
Conditional proof is a noun.
What is the plural of conditional proof?
The plural of conditional proof is conditional proofs.

Words near conditional proof in the dictionary

  1. conditional perfects
  2. conditional probabilities
  3. conditional probability
  4. conditional probability distribution
  5. conditional probability distributions
  6. conditional proof
  7. conditional proofs
  8. conditional sentence
  9. conditional sentences
  10. conditional tense
  11. conditional tenses

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