No Statements

Hello @Lovely, In short, it would be considered a "no statement!" No introduces the sufficient condition, and then we negate the other part of the sentence, which becomes necessary. MT --------> not FR It is just like saying, "No basketball players are slow." BP ---------> not S

Why is the word "refuse" in that sentence not considered negative, and therefore making the necessary premise positive?

I have the same question as Vanessa. For me, I read the sentence like this: No mathematician today would flatly NOT accept the results of an enormous computation as an adequate demonstration of the truth of a theorem. Given the "no" statement, I diagramed it as: If MT -> ARC (Accept Result of Computation) Why is that not the case, and how do I differentiate?

Hi, I completely agree with your diagram. It's easy to get caught up in trying to get a perfect diagram, it ultimately a diagram is only a tool to reinforce and codify your understanding. I think you completely understand that the sentence is saying that if you are a mathematician today, you won't reject them.