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What is the relation b/w minterm and maxterm ? (2)
What is the relation b/w SOP and POS ? (2)

Always get the above questions wrong..someone pls tell the ans

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Minterm: product of literals
e.g: AB'C

Maxterm: sum of literals
e.g: A+B'+C

SOP: Sum of products.... sum of minterms
e.g: AB'C+AB'C'+A'BC
POS: Product os sums.... product of maxterms
e.g: (A+B'+C)(A+B'+C')(A'+B+C)

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y0..that was a gud ansewr.!!!!

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Thanks.. btw its there in sumita arora..!

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hey winrule thats the definition..i know that man..

read q carefully,,they are asking for RELATION between the two of them

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These are basics, anyhow..since u asked...

Actually they are both canonical forms
almost like in probability... p(a) = 1/3 p(a') = 1-(1/3) = 2/3

get that..dont u..?

Suppose in F(x,y,z)......

x y z

0 0 0 |0
0 0 1 |1
0 1 0 |2
0 1 1 |3
1 0 0 |4
1 0 1 |5
1 1 0 |6
1 1 1 |7

if the SOP is Sigma(2,4,5,7) then it means that at the values corresponding to 2,4,5,7 the x, y,z are the minterms...

ie at 2 minterm is x'yz' and at 4 it is xy'z'..similarly so for 5 & 7..

and the SOP is just the sum of these minterms...

And POS is just pi(0,1,3,6)...

for that we must take the sum of the values at 0 1 3 6..!
hope u understood the relation..!