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One of the logical connectives. The proposition <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036830/e0368301.png" />, obtained from two propositions <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036830/e0368302.png" /> and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036830/e0368303.png" /> using the exclusive disjunction <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036830/e0368304.png" />, is taken to be true if <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036830/e0368305.png" /> is true and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036830/e0368306.png" /> is false, or if <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036830/e0368307.png" /> is false and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036830/e0368308.png" /> is true. In the remaining cases it is taken to be false. Thus, the exclusive disjunction can be expressed in terms of the ordinary (non-exclusive) disjunction by the formula
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One of the logical connectives. The proposition $A\dot\lor B$, obtained from two propositions $A$ and $B$ using the exclusive disjunction $\dot\lor$, is taken to be true if $A$ is true and $B$ is false, or if $A$ is false and $B$ is true. In the remaining cases it is taken to be false. Thus, the exclusive disjunction can be expressed in terms of the ordinary (non-exclusive) disjunction by the formula
  
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$$A\dot\lor B\Leftrightarrow(A\lor B)\&\neg(A\land B).$$

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One of the logical connectives. The proposition $A\dot\lor B$, obtained from two propositions $A$ and $B$ using the exclusive disjunction $\dot\lor$, is taken to be true if $A$ is true and $B$ is false, or if $A$ is false and $B$ is true. In the remaining cases it is taken to be false. Thus, the exclusive disjunction can be expressed in terms of the ordinary (non-exclusive) disjunction by the formula

$$A\dot\lor B\Leftrightarrow(A\lor B)\&\neg(A\land B).$$

How to Cite This Entry:
Exclusive disjunction. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Exclusive_disjunction&oldid=31389
This article was adapted from an original article by V.N. Grishin (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article