One-preserving Boolean function 2026-10-25
A Boolean function satisfying the displayed condition. Composition of one-preserving Boolean functions is one-preserving, since each inner output is one on an all-one input. Consequently structural induction shows that a variable-built propositional formula using only one-preserving logical connectives, such as , is true under the all-one Boolean valuation.
Use structural induction on the propositional formula. The induction claim is that its truth value under the all-one Boolean valuation is one. A variable has this truth value by definition. For the induction step, suppose the immediate subformulas each have truth value one. ThenThese are all permitted construction cases. Thus every such propositional formula evaluates to one. Equivalently, the three logical connectives define one-preserving Boolean functions, and composition preserves this property. The variable-only base grammar matters: admitting a constant false formula would invalidate the claim.