Minterms and Maxterms

• For a function of n variables, a product term in which each of the n variables appear once is called a Minterm
  • of 4 variables, is a minterm
    • and are not
• For a function of n variables, a sum term in which each of the n variables appears once is called a Maxterm
  • of 3 variables, is a Maxterm
  • and are not
• Minterms are denoted by a lower case
• Maxterms are denoted by an upper case