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The 80 pages that link to Boolean algebra, each with the reason it gives.
SetRelated: Set union, intersection, and complement obey Boolean algebra's characteristic laws.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizRelated: Leibniz's project of symbolic reasoning anticipated the mathematical treatment of logic.
Claude ShannonNarrower topic: Shannon showed that Boolean algebra describes the behavior of relay and switching circuits.
Propositional logicRelated: Its operations provide an algebraic account of propositional connectives and equivalences.
Power setRelated: A power set forms a Boolean algebra under union, intersection, and complement.
Classical logicRelated: It gives classical propositional logic an algebraic representation.
SubsetRelated: Subsets of a fixed set form a Boolean algebra under intersection, union, and complement.
NegationRelated: Its complement operation gives an algebraic account of negation.
Aristotelian logicCompared with: Its algebraic treatment offers a later alternative to Aristotle’s term-based method.
Binary numeral systemRelated: Its two-valued logic maps naturally to binary states in computing.
MultiplicationCompared with: Boolean conjunction acts like multiplication on truth values, but follows a different algebraic setting.
Logic gateNarrower topic: Its operations define the functions that logic gates implement.
BitRelated: Its operations provide the logic for combining and transforming binary values.
Computer scienceRelated: Its logic underlies digital circuits, program conditions, and formal reasoning.
Field-programmable gate arrayNarrower topic: FPGA logic implements Boolean functions using configurable hardware.
Logical connectiveRelated: Its operations provide an algebraic treatment of truth-functional connectives.
Truth valueRelated: Its two-element form represents false and true as algebraic values.
Fuzzy logicRelated: Fuzzy logic generalizes familiar Boolean operations to graded values.
Distributive propertyRelated: Its two distributive laws show that distribution is not limited to ordinary arithmetic.
George BooleBroader topic: It became the mathematical form most closely associated with Boole’s logic.
Logical equivalenceNarrower topic: Its identities express propositional equivalences as algebraic rewrite laws.
Binary operationRelated: Logical conjunction and disjunction are binary operations on truth values.
Lattice (order theory)Broader topic: It adds distributivity and complements to the lattice structure.
Digital logicNarrower topic: Its equations describe the logical behavior that digital circuits implement.
William Stanley JevonsRelated: Jevons helped popularize and extend Boolean methods in nineteenth-century formal logic.
Boolean functionNarrower topic: Its operations provide the standard language for expressing and manipulating Boolean functions.
Bibliographic databaseRelated: Boolean operators combine or exclude terms in many database search interfaces.
DisjunctionNarrower topic: Its operations provide an algebraic treatment of disjunction and its identities.
CMOSRelated: CMOS transistor networks implement Boolean functions as logic gates.
NAND gateNarrower topic: NAND’s behavior can be expressed as the negation of a conjunction.
UltrafilterNarrower topic: Subsets form a Boolean algebra, where ultrafilters choose one of each element-complement pair.
Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductorNarrower topic: CMOS gate networks implement Boolean functions as transistor arrangements.
Digital circuitRelated: Boolean expressions describe the logic that gate networks implement.
Forcing (mathematics)Related: Complete Boolean algebras provide an alternative presentation of forcing notions and truth values.
OR gateNarrower topic: Its laws describe how OR gates combine and simplify within larger circuits.
AND gateNarrower topic: Boolean algebra expresses the AND gate’s operation as multiplication-like conjunction.
Digital computerRelated: Logic circuits implement Boolean operations on binary signals.
Heyting algebraCompared with: Boolean algebras are precisely the Heyting algebras where every element equals its double negation.
NOT gateNarrower topic: Boolean algebra expresses inversion as the complement operation, often written ¬A or A̅.
Universal algebraBroader topic: Boolean algebras connect universal algebra to logic and digital circuit theory.
Algebraic structureBroader topic: Boolean algebra connects algebraic laws to logic and digital circuit design.
Augustus De MorganRelated: Its identities give an algebraic form to De Morgan’s laws.
Boolean ringCompared with: It shares the Boolean name and has equivalent structure, but uses lattice operations rather than ring operations.
Digital electronicsRelated: It provides the rules used to describe and simplify digital logic.
History of logicRelated: It helped turn reasoning into symbolic calculation.
XOR gateNarrower topic: Its identities describe how XOR combines with other logic operations.
Hardware description languageNarrower topic: Combinational HDL expressions often implement Boolean functions.
Karnaugh mapNarrower topic: Map groupings encode Boolean identities that eliminate variables from expressions.
Arithmetic logic unitNarrower topic: Bitwise ALU operations implement Boolean functions independently across word bits.
Electronic design automationNarrower topic: It supplies the logic that synthesis tools simplify and map into digital circuits.