Why are products called minterms and sums called maxterms?
问题 Do they have a reason for doing so? I mean, in the sum of minterms, you look for the terms with the output 1; I don't get why they call it "minterms." Why not maxterms because 1 is well bigger than 0? Is there a reason behind this that I don't know? Or should I just accept it without asking why? 回答1: The convention for calling these terms "minterms" and "maxterms" does not correspond to 1 being greater than 0. I think the best way to answer is with an example: Say that you have a circuit and