sum of products
CONCEPT IN BOOLEAN ALGEBRA
Maxterm; Minterm; Normal form (Boolean algebra); Product of sums; Sum of products; Minterms; Maxterms; Product-Of-Sums; Sum-Of-Products; Minimal POS; Minimal SOP; Sum of Products; Product of Sums; Canonical form (Boolean algebra); Canonical conjunctive normal form; Minterm canonical form; Maxterm canonical form; Canonical disjunctive normal form; Boolean normal form; Min-term; Max-term; Sum-of-products; Product-of-sums
1. <
mathematics, logic> Any mathematical
expression in which
an addition operator is applied to two or more subexpressions
each of which is an application of a multiplication operator.
The most common case would be scalar addition and
multiplication, e.g.
ab + cd
but the term is used for other kinds of operators with similar
properties, such as AND and OR in
Boolean algebra, e.g.
(a AND b) OR (c AND d)
2. <
types>
algebraic data type.
(2008-02-04)