example of quantifier


there are some examples and theoremsMathworldPlanetmath about logical quantifiersMathworldPlanetmath in the Word Document below . you can download it:

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Definition: a property is something like x>0 or x=0 in which x is a variable in some set. Such a formulaMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmath is shown by p⁢(x), q⁢(x) ,etc. if x is fixed then p⁢(x) is a propositionPlanetmathPlanetmath, i.e. it is a true or a false sentenceMathworldPlanetmath.

Example 1: let p⁢(x) be the property 0<x where x is a real number. p⁢(1) is true and p⁢(0) is false.

Example 2: a property can have two or more variables. Let p⁢(x,y) be x=y. in this case p⁢(1,1) is true but p⁢(0,1) is false because 0 is not equal to 1.

Definition: let p⁢(x) be a property on the set X, i.e. p⁢(x) is a property and x varies in the set X. a) The symbol (∀x∈X)(p(x)) means for every x in the set X the proposition p⁢(x) is true. b) The symbol (∃x∈X)(p(x)) means there is some x in the set X for which the proposition p⁢(x) is true. If X=∅ , i.e. if the set X is empty, (∀x∈X)(p(x)) is defined to be true and (∃x∈X)(p(x)) is defined to be false.

Example 1: (∀x∈ℝ)(x=0 or x>0 or x<0) is a true proposition.

Example 2: (∃x∈ℝ)(x2+1=0) is false, because no real number satisfies x2+10=0.

Example 3: (∀x∈ℝ)(x<y) is a property. y varies in ℝ. As a result (∀x∈ℝ)(∀y∈ℝ)(x<y) is a proposition, i.e. it is a true or a false sentence. In fact (∀x∈ℝ)(∀y∈ℝ)(x<y) is false but (∀x∈ℝ)(∀y∈(x,∞)(x<y) is true; here (x,∞) is the interval containing real numbers greater than x.

some theorems:

for proofs of the following theorems see the address above

Theorem 1: if (∀x∈A)(p(x)) and (∀x∈A)(p(x)→q(x)) then (∀x∈A)(q(x)).

Theorem 2: suppose {a} is a singleton, i.e. a set with only one element. We have ”(∀x∈{a})(p(x))” is equivalentMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath to p⁢(a).

Theorem 22: if (∃y∈B)(∀x∈A)(r(x,y)) then (∀x∈A)(∃y∈B)(r(x,y)).

here r⁢(x,y) is a property on A×B.

Title example of quantifier
Canonical name ExampleOfQuantifier
Date of creation 2013-05-23 19:14:17
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