"TheNewsGuy(Mike)" wrote in message
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> David Nebenzahl wrote:
>> TheNewsGuy(Mike) spake thus:
>>> On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:01:52 GMT, "Alohacyberian"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Uh-huh. Since auto sales increase worldwide every year, the converse
>>>> seems to be the case. KM
>>>
>>> Hey, KM, learn what "converse" means.
>>
>> You mean, like, "Reversed, as in position, order, or action; contrary.",
>> according to dictionary.com? Don't see what your problem is here.
>
> That is a "simpleton" definition of the word. But they go on to explain
> it more rigorously:
>
> converse
> The truth of a proposition of the form A => B and
> its converse B => A are shown in the following truth table:
>
> A B | A => B B => A
> ------+----------------
> f f | t t
> f t | t f
> t f | f t
> t t | t t
>
> The meaning of "converse" from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/
> ...a theorem formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a
> given theorem.
>
Don't get your bowels in a uproar. That's only one of the meanings. I used
the word properly. It has more than one definition. KM
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