Wikipedia:WikiProject Logic/Standards for notation

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Symbols

For consistency use the following preferred symbols in Logic articles:-


Truth Functional Connectives


Connective Name Symbol Preferred Symbol(s)
NEGATION NOT ¬ or ~ or ~ or
CONJUNCTION AND or &
INCLUSIVE DISJUNCTION OR
MATERIAL IMPLICATION IMPLIES , or or
MATERIAL EQUIVALENCE EQV or
NEITHER NOR NOR
EXCLUSIVE DISJUNCTION XOR

--Philogo 13:13, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quantifiers



Quantifier Description Symbols Preferred Symbol
Universal For every x (x) or x x
Existential There exists an x x x



--Philogo 12:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]