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... in the ≤k ordering in every model. We feel that this notion of necessary approximation carries some interest given the pivotal role of the approximation (or ‘knowledge’) ordering in the semantics of programming languages. The main purpose of this paper is a simple one. We want to add one more doubli ...
... in the ≤k ordering in every model. We feel that this notion of necessary approximation carries some interest given the pivotal role of the approximation (or ‘knowledge’) ordering in the semantics of programming languages. The main purpose of this paper is a simple one. We want to add one more doubli ...
Completeness of calculii for axiomatically defined classes of algebras
... Professors Hugo Ribeiro and George Gratzer for suggesting this problem to the author. ...
... Professors Hugo Ribeiro and George Gratzer for suggesting this problem to the author. ...
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... (a) [3] for an algorithm that generates minimal representations of integers by Pell numbers with negative subscripts, and (b) [1] for similar work relating to Fibonacci numbers. Another approach to the proof of the Theorem is to adapt the methods used in [1] for Fibonacci numbers. Basically, this al ...
... (a) [3] for an algorithm that generates minimal representations of integers by Pell numbers with negative subscripts, and (b) [1] for similar work relating to Fibonacci numbers. Another approach to the proof of the Theorem is to adapt the methods used in [1] for Fibonacci numbers. Basically, this al ...
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... An axiom is a proposition accepted as true without proof within the mathematical system. There are many examples of axioms in mathematics: Example: In Euclidean geometry the following are axioms Given two distinct points, there is exactly one line that contains them. Given a line and a point not on ...
... An axiom is a proposition accepted as true without proof within the mathematical system. There are many examples of axioms in mathematics: Example: In Euclidean geometry the following are axioms Given two distinct points, there is exactly one line that contains them. Given a line and a point not on ...
Solutions to Exercises Chapter 2: On numbers and counting
... Let n be the largest natural number, and suppose than n 6= 1. Then n > 1, and so n2 > n; thus n is not the largest natural number. Of course, the flaw is the assumption that there is a largest natural number. The argument shows that, if a largest natural number exists, then it must be equal to 1. Bu ...
... Let n be the largest natural number, and suppose than n 6= 1. Then n > 1, and so n2 > n; thus n is not the largest natural number. Of course, the flaw is the assumption that there is a largest natural number. The argument shows that, if a largest natural number exists, then it must be equal to 1. Bu ...
Irrational numbers
... objective of this lecture is not to understand the properties of rational and irrational numbers; instead the focus was on learning how to prove few propositions together with ...
... objective of this lecture is not to understand the properties of rational and irrational numbers; instead the focus was on learning how to prove few propositions together with ...
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Non-congruent numbers, odd graphs and the Birch–Swinnerton
... √ 2.4(1) of [2], which says that for the imaginary quadratic field K = Q( D), 2t−1 k hK ⇔ the directed graph F G(D) is odd, where D is the discriminant of K and t is the number of distinct prime factors of D. The correct statement is: 2t−1 k hK ⇔ the directed graph RG(D) is odd. (For the definition ...
... √ 2.4(1) of [2], which says that for the imaginary quadratic field K = Q( D), 2t−1 k hK ⇔ the directed graph F G(D) is odd, where D is the discriminant of K and t is the number of distinct prime factors of D. The correct statement is: 2t−1 k hK ⇔ the directed graph RG(D) is odd. (For the definition ...
Mathematical proof
In mathematics, a proof is a deductive argument for a mathematical statement. In the argument, other previously established statements, such as theorems, can be used. In principle, a proof can be traced back to self-evident or assumed statements, known as axioms. Proofs are examples of deductive reasoning and are distinguished from inductive or empirical arguments; a proof must demonstrate that a statement is always true (occasionally by listing all possible cases and showing that it holds in each), rather than enumerate many confirmatory cases. An unproved proposition that is believed true is known as a conjecture.Proofs employ logic but usually include some amount of natural language which usually admits some ambiguity. In fact, the vast majority of proofs in written mathematics can be considered as applications of rigorous informal logic. Purely formal proofs, written in symbolic language instead of natural language, are considered in proof theory. The distinction between formal and informal proofs has led to much examination of current and historical mathematical practice, quasi-empiricism in mathematics, and so-called folk mathematics (in both senses of that term). The philosophy of mathematics is concerned with the role of language and logic in proofs, and mathematics as a language.