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I was wondering if there was a technical term to a second part to a hypothesis? Like:
(X & Y) → Z
What would Y be known as? Or what would X be known as for that matter? Some of the options I have considered using is “bit” and “quadrant” but I don’t believe these to be correct.
X and Y are called parameter values in discrete maths. The statement “if X and Y then Z” is called a proposition. Note that if X is not true, this does not imply Z is not true.
See http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Discrete_Mathematics/Logic
But sometimes you combine propositions with AND etc. For example from the link above:
p represents the proposition “Henry VIII had six wives”.
q represents the proposition “The English Civil War took place in the nineteenth century”.
is p AND q, true or false.
also its valid to say if p AND q then r
(we can question whether this is a true proposition overall, depending on what the propositions p,q,r are)