HP Prime: Advanced Boolean Functions

Advanced Boolean Functions

This is a collection of advanced Boolean functions and how you can do this on a scientific calculator that has base conversions and Boolean functions (and, or, not).   One thing to keep in mind is that Boolean functions on a scientific calculator assume that you are working with a set bit size.

Order of Operations:  Parenthesis, NOT, AND, OR

For the examples below, I am going to work with only 8 bit size binary integers, and display the last 8 bits (rightmost 8 digits in Binary numbers).   For all examples, let (in base 2):

A = 1100 1010
B = 1110 0011

Like the Boolean functions and, or, and not, these functions work on each bit (0s and 1s) of the binary form of the number.

Integer Types on the HP Prime

On the HP Prime, the integer type is used for Boolean function calculations.  Symbolize integer types by preceding it by a hashtag # and designated a letter at the end of the integer:  b for binary, o for octal, d for decimal, and h for hexadecimal.

Example:  #11010b  represents the binary number 11010.

You can specify the bit size, from 1 to 64, by attaching a colon and bit size in between the integer and it's indicator.

Example:  #11010:8b represents the 11010 in an 8-bit format.  You can specify the default size in the Home Settings.

NAND (Not And)

The function NAND is also known as the Shaffer function.

nand(A, B) = not(A and B)

nand(1100 1010, 1110 0011) = not(1100 1010 and 1110 0011) = 0011 1101

Truth Table - NAND
0 nand 0 = 1
0 nand 1 = 1
1 nand 0 = 1
1 nand 1 = 0

HP Prime Program:  NAND

EXPORT NAND(a,b)
BEGIN
// not and Boolean Function
RETURN  NOT (a AND b);
END;

Syntax:  NAND(a,b)

NOR (Not Or)

The function NOR is also known as the Peirce function.

nor(A, B) = not(A or B)

nor(1100 1010, 1110 0011) = not(1100 1010 or 1110 0011) = 0001 0100

Truth Table - NOR
0 nor 0 = 1
0 nor 1 = 0
1 nor 0 = 0
1 nor 1 = 0

HP Prime Program:  NOR

EXPORT NOR(a,b)
BEGIN
// not or Boolean Function
RETURN  NOT (a  OR  b);
END;

Syntax:  NOR(a,b)

XOR (Exclusive Or)

Note:  some calculators will have the XOR function

xor(A, B) = (A or B) and (not A or not B)

xor(1100 1010, 1110 0011)
= (1100 1010 or 1110 0011) and (not 1100 1010 or not 1110 0011)
= 0010 1001

Truth Table - XOR
0 xor 0 = 0
0 xor 1 = 1
1 xor 0 = 1
1 xor 1 = 0

Equivalence (←→), XNOR

A ←→ B = (not A and not B) or (A and B)

1100 1010 ←→ 1110 0011
= 1100 1010 xnor 1110 0011
= (not 1100 1010 and not 1110 0011) or (1100 1010 and 1110 0011)
= 1101 0110

Truth Table - ←→, xnor 
0 xnor 0 = 1
0 xnor 1 = 0
1 xnor 0 = 0
1 xnor 1 = 1

HP Prime Program XNOR

EXPORT XNOR(a,b)
BEGIN
// equivalence, XNOR
RETURN (NOT a AND NOT b) or (a AND b);
END;

Syntax:  XNOR(a, b)

Implication (→)

A → B = (not A) or B

1100 1010 → 1110 0011
= (not 1100 1010) or 1110 0011
= 1111 0111

Truth Table -  Implication, →
0 → 0 = 1
0 → 1 = 1
1 → 0 = 0
1 → 1 = 1

HP Prime Program:  IMPL

EXPORT IMPL(a,b)
BEGIN
// implication
RETURN (NOT a) or b;
END;

Source:

John W. Harris and Horst Stocker.  Handbook of Mathematics and Computation Science  Springer:  New York, NY.  2006.  ISBN 978-0-387-94746-4

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