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| − | ==Outline Format== | + | ==Outline Formats== |
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| | {| align="center" cellpadding="8" width="90%" | | {| align="center" cellpadding="8" width="90%" |
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| | \end{array}</math> | | \end{array}</math> |
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| | + | {| align="center" cellpadding="4" width="90%" |
| | + | | <big>•</big> |
| | + | | colspan="3" | '''Transitive Law''' (Implicational Inference) |
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| | + | | width="1%" | |
| | + | | width="1%" | |
| | + | | colspan="2" | |
| | + | <math>\begin{array}{l} |
| | + | ~ p \le q |
| | + | \\ |
| | + | ~ q \le r |
| | + | \\ |
| | + | \overline{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~} |
| | + | \\ |
| | + | ~ p \le r |
| | + | \end{array}</math> |
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| | + | | valign="top" | <big>•</big> |
| | + | | colspan="3" | By itself, the information <math>p \le q</math> would reduce our uncertainty from <math>\log 8\!</math> bits to <math>\log 6\!</math> bits. |
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| | + | | valign="top" | <big>•</big> |
| | + | | colspan="3" | By itself, the information <math>q \le r</math> would reduce our uncertainty from <math>\log 8\!</math> bits to <math>\log 6\!</math> bits. |
| | + | |- |
| | + | | valign="top" | <big>•</big> |
| | + | | colspan="3" | By itself, the information <math>p \le r</math> would reduce our uncertainty from <math>\log 8\!</math> bits to <math>\log 6\!</math> bits. |
| | + | |} |
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| | + | <br> |
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| | + | {| align="center" cellpadding="4" width="90%" |
| | + | | <big>•</big> |
| | + | | colspan="3" | '''Transitive Law''' (Equational Inference) |
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| | + | | width="1%" | |
| | + | | width="1%" | |
| | + | | colspan="2" | |
| | + | <math>\begin{array}{l} |
| | + | ~ p \le q |
| | + | \\ |
| | + | ~ q \le r |
| | + | \\ |
| | + | =\!=\!=\!=\!=\!=\!=\!= |
| | + | \\ |
| | + | ~ p \le q \le r |
| | + | \end{array}</math> |
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| | + | | valign="top" | <big>•</big> |
| | + | | colspan="3" | The contents and the measures of information that are associated with the propositions <math>p \le q</math> and <math>q \le r</math> are the same as before. |
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| | + | | valign="top" | <big>•</big> |
| | + | | colspan="3" | On its own, the information <math>p \le q \le r</math> would reduce our uncertainty from log(8) = 3 bits to log(4) = 2 bits, a reduction of 1 bit. |
| | + | |} |
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| | + | <br> |
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| | ==Mathematical Symbols== | | ==Mathematical Symbols== |