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- 'Welcome': index.md
- 'Mathematics':
- 'Start': mathematics/start.md
- 'Logic': mathematics/logic.md
- 'Calculus':
- 'Limits': mathematics/calculus/limits.md
- 'Continuity': mathematics/calculus/continuity.md
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- 'Systems of linear differential equations': mathematics/ordinary-differential-equations/systems-of-linear-ode.md
- 'The Laplace transform': mathematics/ordinary-differential-equations/laplace-transform.md
- 'Physics':
- 'Start': physics/start.md

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# Logic
> *Definition*: a statement is a sentence that is either true or false, never both.
> *Definition* **- Logical operators**: let $A$ and $B$ be assertions.
> * The assertion $A$ and $B$ ($A \land B$) is true, iff both $A$ and $B$ are true.
> * The assertion $A$ or $B$ ($A \lor B$) is true, iff at least one of $A$ and $B$ is true.
> * The negation of $A$ ($\neg A$) is true iff $A$ is false.
> *Definition* **- Implies**: if $A$ and $B$ are assertions then the assertion if $A$ then $B$ ($A \implies B$) is true iff
> * $A$ is true and $B$ is true,
> * $A$ is false and $B$ is true,
> * $A$ is false and $B$ is false.
>
> This also works the opposite way, if $B$ then $A$ ($A \Longleftarrow B$)
> *Definition* **- If and only if**: if $A$ and $B$ are assertions then the assertion $A$ if and only if $B$ (A \iff B) is true iff
> * $(A \Longleftarrow B) \land (a \implies B)$.
>
> This leads to the following table.

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# Mathematics
Welcome to the mathematics page.
Welcome to the mathematics page. Some special mathematical environments that will be used in this section are listed and explained below.
* *Definitions* : a precise and unambiguous description of the meaning of a mathematical term. It char-
acterizes the meaning of a word by giving all the properties and only those properties that must be
true.
* *Theorems* : a mathematical statement that is proved to be true using rigorous mathematical reasoning. In
a mathematical text, the term theorem is often reserved for the most important results.
* *Propositions* : an often interesting result, but generally less important than a theorem.
* *Lemmas* : a minor result whose purpose is to help in proving a theorem. It is a stepping stone on the path
to proving a theorem.
* *Corollaries* : a result in which the (usually short) proof relies heavily on a given theorem (we often say
that this is a corollary to Theorem A).
* *Proofs* : a convincing argument that a certain mathematical statement is necessarily true. A proof
generally uses deductive reasoning and logic but also contains some amount of ordinary language.
* *Examples* : examples help to understand the meaning of a definition, or the impact of a result.
* *Algorithms* : recipes to do calculations.