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'''Iff''' is an abbreviation for the phrase "if and only if."
 
'''Iff''' is an abbreviation for the phrase "if and only if."
  
In order to prove a statement of the form, "A iff B," it is necessary to prove two distinct implications: that A implies B and that B implies A.   
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In order to prove a statement of the form, "A iff B," it is necessary to prove two distinct implications: that A implies B ("if A then B") and that B implies A ("if B then A").   
  
 
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Iff is an abbreviation for the phrase "if and only if."

In order to prove a statement of the form, "A iff B," it is necessary to prove two distinct implications: that A implies B ("if A then B") and that B implies A ("if B then A").

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