Meanings
- uncountablealgebraThe form of a Boolean formula expressed using only the operators and constants of a Boolean ring (XOR, AND, 0, 1), some variables and possibly also coefficients, and without using any parentheses.
Synonyms: algebraic normal form
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe form of a Boolean formula expressed using only the operators and constants of a Boolean ring (XOR, AND, 0, 1), some variables and possibly also coefficients, and without using any parentheses.
Origin
"Ring sum" refers to a XOR-sum of monomials, where XOR is the additive operator of a Boolean ring.
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