Conjunctive Normal Form - Examples and Counterexamples

Examples and Counterexamples

All of the following formulas are in CNF:

The last formula is in CNF because it can be seen as the conjunction of the two single-literal clauses and . Incidentally, this formula is also in disjunctive normal form. The following formulas are not in CNF:

The above three formulas are respectively equivalent to the following three formulas that are in CNF:

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