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Negation

Logic, Foundations and Set Theory

In logic, negation, also called logical not or logical complement, is an operation that takes a proposition P to another proposition, not P, commonly written as not-P. The negation of a proposition is true exactly when the original proposition is false, and false when the original is true, so that negating a statement such as the dog runs produces the dog does not run. Negation is one of the basic logical connectives from which more complex logical statements are built. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Entity-backed identity for the object-kind enum value this mathematical object already carries, resolved to a mathematics concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The object-kind fact itself stays on the object unchanged.

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1. Negation (Wikipedia)
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In logic, negation, also called the logical not or logical complement, is an operation that takes a proposition P to another propo
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