Geometry Honors Chapter Two Lessons 1 & 2

Inductive Reasoning

a process of looking at a pattern and drawing a conclusion from that pattern

Conjecture

our conclusion that we come to after observing patterns

Counter Example

proves a conjecture false

Goldbach's Conjecture

every integer greater than two can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers

Statement

a sentence that is either true or false

Negation

the negation of a statement will have the opposite truth value of the statement

universal quantifier

∀ "for all" "every"

existential quantifier

∃ "there exists" "some" "One or more"

conjunction

a compound statement formed by combining two statements with the word "and" (∧)

disjuntion

a compound statement formed by joining two statements with the word "or" (V)