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Chapter 03

Video Links 3-6

August 11, 2015July 2, 2015 by elaine

Video:
Logic Gates using Toys (time: 2:37)
… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 03, Video Links Tags Logic Gates

Reference Topics 3-2

May 20, 2024July 2, 2015 by elaine

Using a truth table generator:
https://truth-table.com/#

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Categories Chapter 03, Reference Topics Tags Logic, Truth Table

Reference Topics 3-3

May 21, 2024July 2, 2015 by elaine

This site reviews propositional logic:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-propositional/

Here is an propositional logic applet for building truth tables:
http://www.oursland.net/aima/propositionApplet.html… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 03, Reference Topics Tags Propositional logic

Reference Topics 3-4

May 15, 2017July 2, 2015 by elaine

There is a game, called WFF’N PROOF which I first learned over 30 years ago. It is a fun game that teaches logical proof. I have used in many classes over the years.
https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/1364-basic-wff-n-proof-a-teaching-guide/view

This wonderful site about Lewis Carroll … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 03, Reference Topics Tags Lewis Carroll, Proofs

Reference Topics 3-5

June 3, 2024July 2, 2015 by elaine

This site presents an extension of the “Prisoner Problem” of Example 5 in the text.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/prisoners-dilemma.asp
If you want to see this extended problem as a YouTube video, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5vJSNXPEwA

 … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 03, Reference Topics Tags Logic

Reference Topics 3-6

May 22, 2024July 2, 2015 by elaine

This site presents an interesting logic calculator:
http://www.inf.unibz.it/~franconi/teaching/propcalc/

These sites considers logic gates (with links to other logic topics):
https://pages.jh.edu/virtlab/logic/log_cir.htm

 … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 03, Reference Topics Tags Basic gates, Functions, Logic, Logic Circuits

Reference Topics 3-1

May 19, 2024July 2, 2015 by elaine

This site relates inductive and inductive reasoning that we discussed in Chapter 1 to the terminology of this section.
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Deductive_vs_Inductive

A tutorial using logical connectors to help you with internet searches is provided by the University of Albany Libraries
https://libguides.law.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=848033… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 03, Reference Topics

History 3-2

May 22, 2024July 2, 2015 by elaine

This is one of the best all around sites that I have found. It is titled “The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.”
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history

This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/History_overview

Universals: A short … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 03, History Tags Einstein, Universals

History 3-3

May 19, 2024July 2, 2015 by elaine

This is one of the best all around sites that I have found. It is titled “The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.”
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history

This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/History_overview

Galilei:
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Galileo… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 03, History Tags Galilei

History 3-4

May 19, 2024July 2, 2015 by elaine

This is one of the best all around sites that I have found. It is titled “The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.”
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history

This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/History_overview

Dodgson:
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Dodgson… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 03, History Tags Dodgson
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