> *Definition*: suppose $P$ and $Q$ are assertions. $P$ implies $Q$ if $P \implies Q$ is true. $P$ and $Q$ are equivalent if $P$ implies $Q$ and $Q$ implies $P$.
> *Proof by contraposition*: proving $P \implies Q$ to be true by showing that $\neg Q \implies \neg P$ is true.
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> *Proof by contradiction*: using the equivalence of $P \implies Q$ and $\neg Q \implies \neg P$ by assuming $P$ is not true and deducing a contradiction with some obviously true statement $Q$.
> *Proof by cases*: dividing a proof into cases which makes use of the equivalence of $(P \lor Q) \implies R$ and $(P \implies R) \land (Q \implies R)$. Which together cover all situations under consideration.