ULGss: A Strategy to construct a Library of Universal Logic Gates for N-variable Boolean Logic beyond NAND and NOR
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In literature, NAND and NOR are two logic gates that display functional completeness, hence regarded as Universal gates. So, the present effort is focused on exploring a library of universal gates in binary that are still unexplored in literature along with a broad and systematic approach to classify the logic connectives. The study shows that the number of Universal Gates in any logic system grows exponentially with the number of input variables N. It is revealed that there are 56 Universal gates in binary for N=3. It is shown that the ratio of the count of Universal gates to the total number of Logic gates is ≈ 1/4 or 0.25. Adding constants 0,1 allow for the creation of 4 additional (for N=2) and 169 additional Universal Gates (for N=3). In this article, the mathematical and logical underpinnings of the concept of universal logic gates are presented, along with a search strategy ULG_SS exploring multiple paths leading to their identification. A fast-track approach has been introduced that uses the hexadecimal representation of a logic gate to quickly ascertain its attribute.
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