Non-Equivalence as Disjunction of Conjunctions/Formulation 1/Proof 2

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Theorem

$\neg \left ({p \iff q}\right) \dashv \vdash \left({\neg p \land q}\right) \lor \left({p \land \neg q}\right)$


Proof

We apply the Method of Truth Tables.

As can be seen by inspection, the truth values under the main connectives match for all boolean interpretations.


$\begin{array}{|cccc||ccccccccc|} \hline \neg & (p & \iff & q) & (\neg & p & \land & q) & \lor & (p & \land & \neg & q) \\ \hline F & F & T & F & T & F & F & F & F & F & F & T & F \\ T & F & F & T & T & F & T & T & T & F & F & F & T \\ T & T & F & F & F & T & F & F & T & T & T & T & F \\ F & T & T & T & F & T & F & T & F & T & F & F & T \\ \hline \end{array}$

$\blacksquare$