obverse

Japanese: obverse
obverse

…Even if the original proposition is correct, the contraposition is not necessarily correct (if x 2 > 4, then x > 2 or x < -2 is the correct proposition). In addition, the original proposition and its contraposition A and B are replaced with the negation of A and B , i.e., "If not A , then not B " and "If not B , then not A " (in the previous example, "For real number x , if x ≦ 2, then x 2 ≦ 4" and "For real number x , if x 2 ≦ 4, then x ≦ 2") are called the obverse and contraposition of the original proposition, respectively. If the original proposition is correct, then the contraposition is also correct, and the contraposition of the contraposition is the original proposition, so a certain proposition and its contraposition are equivalent, and it is possible to prove the contraposition to prove a certain proposition. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…もとの命題が正しくても,逆は正しいとは限らない(x2>4ならば,x>2またはx<-2が正しい命題)。また,もとの命題および逆のA,Bを,A,Bの否定におきかえたもの〈AでないならばBでない〉〈BでないならばAでない〉(前の例なら,〈実数xについて,x≦2ならばx2≦4〉および〈実数xについて,x2≦4ならばx≦2〉)を,それぞれもとの命題の裏obverse,対偶contrapositionという。もとの命題が正しければ対偶も正しく,対偶の対偶はもとの命題であるから,ある命題とその対偶とは同値であり,ある命題を証明するのに対偶を証明してもよい。…

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