Mathematical logic and foundations Definition
Many-valued logic
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Definition
Fix a finite set of connectives, each with an arity. A logical matrix for is a triple with these parts.
- A set of truth values with at least three elements.
- A nonempty proper subset of designated values.
- For each -ary connective , a function , its truth table.
A valuation assigns a value in to each propositional variable and extends to all formulas through the functions . A formula is a tautology of the matrix when it takes a value in under every valuation. The many-valued logic of the matrix is the set of its tautologies.
Remarks
With , and the usual tables, the tautologies are those of classical propositional logic; clause 1 excludes this two-valued case.
Example: Łukasiewicz's three-valued logic has and . Its tables are , , and . The formula is a tautology, since for every .
Non-example: is a classical tautology but not a tautology of . The valuation gives .
Infinite-valued logics use, for example, with the same tables.
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- Proposition concept
- Tautology concept
- Conjunction definition
- Disjunction definition
- Implication definition
- Negation definition
- Biconditional definition
- Propositional logic concept
- Many-valued logic definition
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| Defines | Many-valued logic |
| Uses | Propositional logic, Tautology, Function |
| Changed | 2 November 2026 |
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