Primary Atomic Statement or Propositions

In this class, We discuss Primary Atomic Statement or Propositions.

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Sentence:

Hema is good, and she studies well.

The above sentence can be divided into two simpler sentences.

1) Hema is good

2) Hema studies well

Statement:

The statement should follow two conditions.

1) A declarative sentence that can not be broken into simpler sentences is called a statement.

We call a statement or primary statement, or atomic statement.

2) A declarative sentence that can be assigned only one truth value.

The truth values are True or False.

Hema is good. The statement may be true or false

Hema studies well. The statement may be true or false.

Examples of statements:

Delhi is the capital of INDIA.

It rained in the morning

Canada is a country

Examples that are not statements.

1) What time is it?

The above is a question.

It is not a statement because we do not have a true or false answer.

2) Close the door

The above is a command, so it can not be a statement

3) 1 + 101 =110

The above is true if we consider binary values.

The above is false if we consider decimal values.

The same statement has different truth values, so not accepted as a statement.