BooleanTable

BooleanTable[bf]

gives a list of truth values for all possible combinations of variable values supplied to the Boolean function bf.

BooleanTable[expr,{a1,a2,…}]

gives a list of the truth values of the Boolean expression expr for all possible combinations of values of the ai.

BooleanTable[expr,{a1,a2,…},{b1,…},…]

gives a nested table of truth values of expr with the outermost level giving possible combinations of the ai.

Details

  • The possible combinations of variable values are given in the order Tuples[{True,False},n].
  • BooleanTable gives a list or array of True, False values.
  • Boole[BooleanTable[…]] gives 1, 0 values.
  • In BooleanTable[expr,{a1,a2,…}] etc. any of the variables in expr that are not explicitly among the ai etc. are left in symbolic form.
  • BooleanTable[expr,vars1,…,varss] is equivalent to Fold[BooleanTable,expr,{varss,…,vars1}]. »
  • BooleanTable[bf,{r1,r2,…}] gives a list of truth values corresponding to possible values of the r1^(th), r2^(th), … variables for the Boolean function bf.
  • BooleanTable[bf,{r1,…},{s1,…},…] gives a nested table of truth values with the outermost level giving combinations of the ri^(th) variables. »

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

The vector of truth values for Or:

Convert to 1, 0 form:

2D truth table for Or:

Scope  (6)

Generate a truth table for a Boolean expression:

A truth table with arguments and values:

Vector-valued Boolean expression:

A 2D truth table:

A 3D truth table:

Generate a truth table for a pure Boolean function:

Specify the position of arguments to use:

Position and grouping of arguments to use:

Expressions do not need to produce Boolean values:

Generalizations & Extensions  (1)

Generate a truth table without explicitly giving a variable list:

The variables and ordering used are given by BooleanVariables:

Applications  (3)

Probability  (2)

Compute the probability for an event as the ratio of true cases to total cases:

The probabilities for some events:

The probability that exactly three variables are true:

Show that :

Assume that you pay 2 units when and that you earn 1 unit when :

The expected earning when it is equally probable that x,y,z are true or false:

The risk or variance is:

Cellular Automata  (1)

Generate the truth rules for a Boolean expression:

Use the rules to evolve a cellular automaton:

Properties & Relations  (6)

A BooleanTable with n variables has elements:

With n and m variables the resulting matrix has values:

BooleanTable with several variable iterators evaluates the outermost iterator first:

An equivalent form:

BooleanTable enumerates values in the same order as Tuples[{True,False},n]:

Three variables:

SatisfiabilityCount efficiently counts the number of True elements in BooleanTable:

In this case the BooleanTable would have elements:

Give an enumerated BooleanFunction:

Compute its truth table:

The order of enumeration is consistent with FromDigits:

Use BooleanFunction to convert a truth table to a function or expression:

Convert to a Boolean function:

Use it as any other function:

Convert to a disjunctive normal form:

Convert to a "NAND" form:

Neat Examples  (1)

The truth table for BooleanCountingFunction:

Wolfram Research (2008), BooleanTable, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BooleanTable.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), BooleanTable, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BooleanTable.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "BooleanTable." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BooleanTable.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). BooleanTable. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BooleanTable.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_booleantable, author="Wolfram Research", title="{BooleanTable}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BooleanTable.html}", note=[Accessed: 23-November-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_booleantable, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={BooleanTable}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BooleanTable.html}, note=[Accessed: 23-November-2024 ]}