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I have two Boolean matrices, that both have dimensions m x n. I want to create a function TableImplies, which would return True if one matrix piecewise implies the other; in other words, given matrices A = (a_ij) and B = (b_ij), then

TableImplies[A, B] = true if for all i and j, a_ij => b_ij.

For example:

truePattern = Table[True, {2}, {3}]

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

falsePattern = Table[False, {2}, {3}]

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

TableImplies[falsePattern, truePattern]

True

TableImplies[truePattern, falsePattern]

False

randomPattern = Table[RandomInteger[] == 1, {2}, {3}]

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

TableImplies[randomPattern, randomPattern]

True

What I got so far:

ElementWiseImplies[x_, y_] = Implies[x, y]

SetAttributes[ElementWiseImplies, Listable]

ElementWiseImplies[RandomPattern, RandomPattern]

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

Now this is all good. Next:

Apply[And, %, {0, 2}]

True

That seems to work. But if I do like this:

TableImplies[x_, y_] = Apply[And, ElementWiseImplies[x, y], {0, 2}]

x && y

the result is not what I wish. I understand, why this is happening: Mathematica applies And not to the result of ElementWiseImplies, but to the expression ElementWiseImplies[x, y] itself, so the result becomes And[x, y], which is not what I expected.

What should I do? Use local variable x = ElementWiseImplies[x, y]; and then Apply[And, x, {0, 2}]? Or is there more elegant solution?

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tableImplies[a_, b_] := And @@ Flatten@MapThread[Implies, {a, b}, 2]

usage

a = Table[aa[i, j], {i, 2}, {j, 2}];
b = Table[bb[i, j], {i, 2}, {j, 2}];
tableImplies[a, b]
(*

(aa[1, 1] \[Implies] bb[1, 1]) && 
(aa[1, 2] \[Implies] bb[1, 2]) && 
(aa[2, 1] \[Implies] bb[2, 1]) && 
(aa[2, 2] \[Implies] bb[2, 2])

*)
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