example of quantifier
there are some examples and theorems about logical quantifiers
in the Word Document below .
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I include extracts of this Document below:
Definition: a property is something like x>0 or x=0 in which x is a variable in some set. Such a formula is shown by p(x), q(x) ,etc. if x is fixed then p(x) is a proposition
, i.e. it is a true or a false sentence
.
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 equivalent 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 |
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Canonical name | ExampleOfQuantifier |
Date of creation | 2013-05-23 19:14:17 |
Last modified on | 2013-05-23 19:14:17 |
Owner | hkkass (6035) |
Last modified by | hkkass (6035) |
Numerical id | 19 |
Author | hkkass (6035) |
Entry type | Example |
Classification | msc 03B15 |
Classification | msc 03B10 |