Tag: Boolean Arithmetic

In designing digital circuits, the designer often begins with a truth table describing what the circuit should do. The...

A mathematician named DeMorgan developed a pair of important rules regarding group complementation in Boolean algebra....

What Is a XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of Boolean operations is that of Exclusive-OR, often...

Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of simplification. The “A,” “B,” and “C” input...

Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of logic circuits. If we translate a logic...

The Commutative Property Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property” or a “law,” describes how...

In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible values of its variable or variables. The algebraic...

Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers together: The first three sums make perfect sense to...

Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the particular numerical quantities dealt with. When we...