Mathematical Proof Vocabulary

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noun the act or process of placing in contrast or opposition

  • In logic, contraposition is a valid form of argument that involves switching the subject and predicate of a conditional statement.
  • Contraposition basically means flipping the parts of a 'if-then' statement around to make a new statement.
  • Contraposition is like doing a switcheroo with the parts of a sentence to make a different sentence.
  • Just like how contraposition in logic involves rearranging statements, sometimes in life we need to change our perspective to see things differently.