Properties of Biconditional

Theorem

 * $p \iff q \dashv \vdash \left({p \land q}\right) \lor \left({\neg p \land \neg q}\right)$
 * $p \iff q \dashv \vdash \neg p \iff \neg q$
 * $p \iff q \dashv \vdash \left({p \lor q}\right) \implies \left({p \land q}\right)$

Alternative rendition
These can alternatively be rendered as:


 * $\vdash \left({p \iff q}\right) \iff \left({\left({p \land q}\right) \lor \left({\neg p \land \neg q}\right)}\right)$


 * $\vdash \left({p \iff q}\right) \iff \left({\neg p \iff \neg q}\right)$


 * $\vdash \left({p \iff q}\right) \iff \left({\left({p \lor q}\right) \implies \left({p \land q}\right)}\right)$

They can be seen to be logically equivalent to the forms above.

Proof by Natural Deduction
By the tableau method:

The argument reverses:

The argument reverses:

Proof by Truth Table
We apply the Method of Truth Tables to the propositions in turn.

As can be seen by inspection, in all cases the truth values under the main connectives match for all models.

$\begin{array}{|ccc||ccccccccc|} \hline p & \iff & q & (p & \land & q) & \lor & (\neg & p & \land & \neg & q) \\ \hline F & T & F & F & F & F & T & T & F & T & T & F \\ F & F & T & F & F & T & F & T & F & F & F & T \\ T & F & F & T & F & F & F & F & T & F & T & F \\ T & T & T & T & T & T & T & F & T & F & F & T \\ \hline \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{|ccc||ccccc|} \hline p & \iff & q & \neg & p & \iff & \neg & q \\ \hline F & T & F & T & F & T & T & F \\ F & F & T & T & F & F & F & T \\ T & F & F & F & T & F & T & F \\ T & T & T & F & T & T & F & T \\ \hline \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{|ccc||ccccccc|} \hline p & \iff & q & (p & \lor & q) & \implies & (p & \land & q) \\ \hline F & T & F & F & F & F & T & F & F & F \\ F & F & T & F & T & T & F & F & F & T \\ T & F & F & T & T & F & F & T & F & F \\ T & T & T & T & T & T & T & T & T & T \\ \hline \end{array}$