MHB Is this the correct way to negate a mathematical statement?

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The discussion centers on the correct negation of a mathematical statement involving positive real numbers. The original statement asserts that for all positive real numbers \( r \) and \( p \), if \( p \cdot r \geq 100 \), then either \( r \) or \( p \) is greater than 10. The proposed negation is incorrect; the correct negation should state that there exist positive real numbers \( r \) and \( p \) such that \( p \cdot r \geq 100 \) and both \( r \) and \( p \) are less than or equal to 10. The key takeaway is that the negation of an implication is a conjunction of the premise and the negation of the conclusion. Understanding this distinction is crucial for accurately negating mathematical statements.
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$\forall $ positive real numbers $r$ and $p$ if $p \cdot r >= 100 $ then either $r$ or $p$ is greater than $10$

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$\exists$ positive real numbers $r$ and $p$ such that if $p \cdot r >= 100 $ then both $r$ or $p$ is lesser or equal to $10$Is this right?
 
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You are correct that the negation of:

$\forall x,y \in S: P(x,y)$

is:

$\exists x,y \in S: \neg(P(x,y))$

but you're slightly off on the negation of an implication.

The negation of: $A \implies B$ isn't $A \implies \neg B$, but rather: $A\ \&\ \neg B$.
 
The standard _A " operator" maps a Null Hypothesis Ho into a decision set { Do not reject:=1 and reject :=0}. In this sense ( HA)_A , makes no sense. Since H0, HA aren't exhaustive, can we find an alternative operator, _A' , so that ( H_A)_A' makes sense? Isn't Pearson Neyman related to this? Hope I'm making sense. Edit: I was motivated by a superficial similarity of the idea with double transposition of matrices M, with ## (M^{T})^{T}=M##, and just wanted to see if it made sense to talk...

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