The total number of prime implicants of the function
$$f\left( {w,x,y,z} \right) = \sum {\left( {0,2,4,5,6,10} \right)} $$ _________________.

Given the function $$F = P′ + QR,$$ where $$F$$ is a function in three Boolean variables $$P,Q$$ and $$R$$ and $$P'=!P,$$ consider the following statements.

$$\eqalign{ & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left( {S1} \right)\,\,\,\,F = \sum {\left( {4,5,6} \right)} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left( {S2} \right)\,\,\,\,F = \sum {\left( {0,1,2,3,7} \right)} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left( {S3} \right)\,\,\,\,F = \sum {\Pi \left( {4,5,6} \right)} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left( {S4} \right)\,\,\,\,F = \sum {\Pi \left( {0,1,2,3,7} \right)} \cr} $$

Which of the following is true?

Consider the operations

$$f\left( {x,y,z} \right) = X'YZ + XY' + Y'Z'$$ and
$$g\left( {x,y,z} \right) = X'YZ + X'YZ' + XY$$.

Which one of the following is correct?

The binary operator $$ \ne $$ is defined by the following truth table.

p	q	p$$ \ne $$q
0	0	0
0	1	1
1	0	1
1	1	0

Which one of the following is true about the binary operator $$ \ne $$?