Basics of Mathematical reasoning

Basic terminology of Mathematical Reasoning The sentences which are true or false but not both are called statements or mathematically acceptable statements. The sentences which contains variable time, variable distances are not considered as statements. A sentence which is an exclamation, wish, imperative or interogative can't be a statement. The statement which is true and false is represented by 'T' and 'F'. Simple statement The statement whose true value is not depend on other statement is called simple statement. Compound statement The statement which is combination of two or more simple statements are called compound statements. Here, the simple statement which form compound statement are known as component statements. Connectives AND (conjunction) The connective 'and' will be true if both of its component statements are true. OR (disjunction) The connective 'OR' will be true when any one of the component stat...