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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
A {{w|Karnaugh map}} is a Boolean algebra tool which is used to simplify expressions. The final picture, the one that looks like a crossword puzzle, is similar to the way that a Karnaugh map is used on a Boolean truth table, to identify areas that can be simplified.
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A {{w|Karnaugh map}} is a Boolean algebra tool which is used to simplify expressions. The final picture, the one that looks like a crossword puzzle, is similar to the way that a Karnaugh map is used on a Boolean truth table, to identify areas that can be simplified. [http://www.utdallas.edu/~dodge/EE2310/lec5.pdf This picture] shows how the process is used to simplify logic circuits. The lament of the valentine is that feelings don't yield themselves to the same kind of analysis.
[http://www.utdallas.edu/~dodge/EE2310/lec5.pdf This picture] shows how the process is used to simplify logic circuits.
 
The lament of the valentine is that feelings don't yield themselves to the same kind of analysis.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 02:19, 30 November 2012

Valentine - Karnaugh
Love and circuit analysis, hand in hand at last.
Title text: Love and circuit analysis, hand in hand at last.

Explanation

A Karnaugh map is a Boolean algebra tool which is used to simplify expressions. The final picture, the one that looks like a crossword puzzle, is similar to the way that a Karnaugh map is used on a Boolean truth table, to identify areas that can be simplified. This picture shows how the process is used to simplify logic circuits. The lament of the valentine is that feelings don't yield themselves to the same kind of analysis.

Transcript

[squiggly heart design]
You make me feel so much
it all runs together
I wish I could tell you
[crisscrossing heart design]
So few words
for so many feelings
crisscrossing my heart
[heart matrix design]
A matrix of desire
Tangled relations
I can't simplify
[Karnaugh map of hearts]
I wish I could find
the Karnaugh map
for love.

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Discussion

As of 16.4.2021 the image on xkcd.com is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise. -- 1337-PI (talk) 10:40, 25 March 2021 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Curious indeed. ISaveXKCDpapers (talk) 06:57, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
It’s always been sideways for me, and I’ve been reading since around 2015. Intara (talk) 04:45, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

The explanation post should explain what a Boolean expression is as well. Epicradman123 (talk) 16:21, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

I'd definitely say yes to this. Or no. 162.158.74.118 16:40, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
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