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'''Exclusive disjunction''', also known as '''logical inequality''' or '''symmetric difference''', is an operation on two logical values, typically the values of two propositions, that produces a value of ''true'' just in case exactly one of its operands is true.
 
'''Exclusive disjunction''', also known as '''logical inequality''' or '''symmetric difference''', is an operation on two logical values, typically the values of two propositions, that produces a value of ''true'' just in case exactly one of its operands is true.
  
The [[truth table]] of <math>p ~\operatorname{XOR}~ q,</math> also written <math>p + q\!</math> or <math>p \ne q,\!</math> appears below:
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The [[truth table]] of <math>p ~\operatorname{XOR}~ q,</math> also written <math>p + q~\!</math> or <math>p \ne q,\!</math> appears below:
  
 
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Exclusive disjunction, also known as logical inequality or symmetric difference, is an operation on two logical values, typically the values of two propositions, that produces a value of true just in case exactly one of its operands is true.

The truth table of \(p ~\operatorname{XOR}~ q,\) also written \(p + q~\!\) or \(p \ne q,\!\) appears below:


\(\text{Exclusive Disjunction}\!\)
\(p\!\) \(q\!\) \(p ~\operatorname{XOR}~ q\)
\(\operatorname{F}\) \(\operatorname{F}\) \(\operatorname{F}\)
\(\operatorname{F}\) \(\operatorname{T}\) \(\operatorname{T}\)
\(\operatorname{T}\) \(\operatorname{F}\) \(\operatorname{T}\)
\(\operatorname{T}\) \(\operatorname{T}\) \(\operatorname{F}\)


The following equivalents may then be deduced:

\(\begin{matrix} p + q & = & (p \land \lnot q) & \lor & (\lnot p \land q) \\[6pt] & = & (p \lor q) & \land & (\lnot p \lor \lnot q) \\[6pt] & = & (p \lor q) & \land & \lnot (p \land q) \end{matrix}\)

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