Alternative to xor(A,B,C) [closed]

How can we make a comprehensive statement, which will correspond to the truth table of xor (A, B, C) (means that only true if exactly one of A,B,C is true) by combining logical operators AND (&), OR (|), XOR (xor) and NOT (!)?

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closed as unclear what you're asking by belisarius, m_goldberg, Yves Klett, Michael E2, KubaApr 8 at 12:57

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Markus, welcome to mathematica.stackexchange.com. Could you please show us what you have tried already yourself? –  Jacob Akkerboom Apr 8 at 11:04
And just to make sure, is this a question about the software Mathematica (and not math in general)? –  Yves Klett Apr 8 at 11:05
The built-in (Mathematica) function Xor does what is required btw. –  Jacob Akkerboom Apr 8 at 11:07
@JacobAkkerboom Plus LogicalExpand... –  Michael E2 Apr 8 at 12:16
oneTrue[a_, b_, c_] := Xor[a, b, c] && Not[a && b] && Not[a && c] && Not[b && c] –  Daniel Lichtblau Apr 8 at 14:40

For illustrative purposes:

tup = Tuples[{False, True}, 3];
g[x_, y_] := And[Or[x, y], Not[And[x, y]]]
h[x_, y_] := And[Or[x, y], Or[Not[x], Not[y]]]
g[x_, y__] := Fold[g, x, {y}];
h[x_, y__] := Fold[h, x, {y}];
TableForm[{##, Style[Xor[##], Red], Style[g[##], Blue],
Style[h[##], Purple]} & @@@ tup,
TableHeadings -> {None, {"", "", "", Xor, g, h}}]


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Your definition of Xor is off, but going on what the OP said you want the result to be (only true if exactly one of the three arguments is true):

bc = BooleanCountingFunction[{1}, 3][a, b, c];

BooleanConvert[bc]

Transpose[{Tuples[{True, False}, {3}], BooleanTable[bc]}]

(*

(a && ! b && ! c) || (! a && b && ! c) || (! a && ! b && c)

{{{True, True, True}, False}, {{True, True, False}, False},
{{True, False, True}, False}, {{True, False, False},True},
{{False, True, True}, False}, {{False, True, False},True},
{{False, False, True}, True}, {{False, False, False}, False}}

*)

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sorry me... deleted comments –  ubpdqn Apr 8 at 11:50
@ubpdqn: No worries, I just wanted to be sure I had not blundered. :-) –  rasher Apr 8 at 11:53