Symbols:Symbolic Logic/NAND

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Logical NAND

$\uparrow$

Logical Nand.

A binary operation on two propositions.


$P \uparrow Q$ means not both $P$ and $Q$ together.


The $\LaTeX$ code for \(P \uparrow Q\) is P \uparrow Q .


Deprecated Symbols

Sheffer Stroke

$\mid$

Logical NAND.

A binary operation on two propositions.


$P \mid Q$ means not both $P$ and $Q$ together

This is known as the Sheffer stroke.


The $\LaTeX$ code for \(P \mid Q\) is P \mid Q .


Modified Ampheck

$P \mathop {\bar \curlywedge} Q$

Logical NAND.

A binary operation on two propositions.


$P \mathop {\bar \curlywedge} Q$ means not both $P$ and $Q$ together.


The $\LaTeX$ code for \(P \mathop {\bar \curlywedge} Q\) is P \mathop {\bar \curlywedge} Q .


Also known as

The uparrow symbol $\uparrow$, when used in this context, is sometimes referred to as the Sheffer stroke, after Henry Maurice Sheffer.

However, that name properly belongs to the $\mid$ symbol.