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Definition df-nan 1522
Description: Define incompatibility, or alternative denial ("not-and" or "nand"). See dfnan2 1524 for an alternative. This is also called the Sheffer stroke, represented by a vertical bar, but we use a different symbol to avoid ambiguity with other uses of the vertical bar. In the second edition of Principia Mathematica (1927), Russell and Whitehead used the Sheffer stroke and suggested it as a replacement for the "or" and "not" operations of the first edition. However, in practice, "or" and "not" are more widely used. After we define the constant true (df-tru 1573) and the constant false (df-fal 1583), we will be able to prove these truth table values: ((⊤ ⊼ ⊤) ↔ ⊥) (trunantru 1611), ((⊤ ⊼ ⊥) ↔ ⊤) (trunanfal 1612), ((⊥ ⊼ ⊤) ↔ ⊤) (falnantru 1613), and ((⊥ ⊼ ⊥) ↔ ⊤) (falnanfal 1614). Contrast with (df-an 402), (df-or 862), (wi 4), and (df-xor 1542). (Contributed by Jeff Hoffman, 19-Nov-2007.)
Assertion
Ref Expression
df-nan ((𝜑𝜓) ↔ ¬ (𝜑𝜓))

Detailed syntax breakdown of Definition df-nan
StepHypRef Expression
1 wph . . 3 wff 𝜑
2 wps . . 3 wff 𝜓
31, 2wnan 1521 . 2 wff (𝜑𝜓)
41, 2wa 401 . . 3 wff (𝜑𝜓)
54wn 3 . 2 wff ¬ (𝜑𝜓)
63, 5wb 209 1 wff ((𝜑𝜓) ↔ ¬ (𝜑𝜓))
Colors of variables:    wff setvar class
This definition is used by:  nanan  1523  dfnan2  1524  nanor  1525  nanbi  1530  xornan2  1550  trunanfal  1612  nic-mpALT  1705  nic-ax  1706  nic-axALT  1707  nfnan  1933  elnanel  9583  naim1  36959  naim2  36960  df3nandALT1  36969  imnand2  36972  waj-ax  36984  lukshef-ax2  36985  arg-ax  36986  nandsym1  36992  tsna1  38853  tsna2  38854  tsna3  38855  ifpdfnan  44272  ifpnannanb  44293  nanorxor  45075  undisjrab  45076
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