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Simplification

Simplification is a basic rule of inference in logic logic by which a proposition or formula is extracted from a conjunction. Simplifcation, which is also known as the conjunction elimination rule of inference (or ∧E), dictates that if "A and B" is true, then A is true (or, similarly, B is true).

Simplification may be formally presented as follows:

α ∧ β infers α

…and:

α ∧ β infers β