This article is about the formal terminology in logic. For causal meanings of the terms, see Causality. For the concepts in statistics, see Sufficient statistic. "Necessary But Not Sufficient" redirects here. For the novel by Eliyahu Goldratt, see Necessary But Not Sufficient (novel). In logic and mathematics, necessity and sufficiency are terms used to describe a conditional or implicational rela
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