
What property characterizes a Horn clause in propositional or first-order logic?
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Get StartedWhat property characterizes a Horn clause in propositional or first-order logic?
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- It contains at most one positive (unnegated) literal.
- It contains at most one negative (negated) literal.
- It contains exactly two literals.
- It contains only propositional variables, no predicates.
Correct answer: It contains at most one positive (unnegated) literal.
Explanation: A Horn clause has at most one positive (unnegated) literal and any number of negative literals. Propositional Horn-SAT is solvable in linear time by Dowling & Gallier's algorithm (1984).
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