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The axiom given above assumes that equality is a primitive symbol in predicate logic. Some treatments of axiomatic set theory prefer to do without this, and instead treat the above statement not as an axiom but as a definition of equality. Then it is necessary to include the usual axioms of equality from predicate logic as axioms about this defined symbol. Most of the axioms of equality still follow from the definition; the remaining one is and it becomes thi ...

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Axiom of extensionality, Axiom of extensionality - In predicate logic without equality, Axiom of extensionality - In set theory with ur-elements

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In a set of rules, an inference rule could be redundant in the sense that it is admissible or derivable. A derivable rule is one whose conclusion can be derived from its premises using the other rules. An admissible rule is one whose conclusion holds whenever the premises hold. All derivable rules are admissible. To appreciate the difference, consider the following set of rules for defining the natural numbers (the judgment asserts the fact that ...

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Rule of inference, Rule of inference - Admissibility and Derivability, Rule of inference - Other Considerations

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Romantic music - Classical roots of Romanticism 1780-1815. In literature, the Romantic period is often said to begin in the 1770s or 1780s with a movement known as "storm and struggle" in Germany. It was attended by a greater influence of Shakespeare and of folk sagas, whether real or created, as well as the poetry of Homer. Writers such as Goethe and Schiller radically altered their practices, while in Scotland Robert Burns began setting down folk music. This literary movement is reflected in the music of the "c ...

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Romantic music, Romantic music - Trends of the Romantic period, Romantic music - Musical language, Romantic music - Non-musical influences, Romantic music - Romantic opera, Romantic music - Nationalism, Romantic music - Instrumentation and scale, Romantic music - Brief Chronology of Musical Romanticism, Romantic music - Classical roots of Romanticism 1780-1815, Romantic music - Early Romantic 1815-1850, Romantic music - Late Romantic Era 1850-1910, Romantic music - Romanticism in the 20th century 1900-present

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In calculus, there is often no need to call upon the abstract methods of order theory. As already noted, functions are usually mappings between (subsets of) real numbers, ordered in the natural way. Inspired by the shape of the graph of a monotone function on the reals, such functions are also called monotonically increasing (or "non-decreasing" or, less precisely, just "increasing"). Likewise, a function is called monotonically decreasing (or "non-increasing" or "decreasing") if, whenever x ≤ y, then f< ...

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Monotonic function, Monotonic function - General definition, Monotonic function - Monotonicity in calculus and analysis, Monotonic function - Some basic applications and results, Monotonic function - Monotonicity in order theory, Monotonic function - Monotonic logic

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A category C is given by two pieces of data: a class of objects and a class of morphisms. There are two operations defined on every morphism, the domain (or source) and the codomain (or target). Morphisms are often depicted as arrows from their domain to their codomain, e.g. if a morphism f has domain X and codomain Y, it is denoted f : X → Y. The set of all morphisms from X to Y is denoted homC(X,Y) or simply hom(X, Y). (Some authors write MorC(X ...

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Morphism, Morphism - Definition, Morphism - Types of morphisms, Morphism - Examples

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It is possible to formulate a "naive mereology" analogous to naive set theory, and possible to generate paradoxes analogous to Russell's paradox. (There is an object whose parts are all the objects that are not parts of themselves. Is it a part of itself? NB. Every object is, however, an "improper" part of itself). Hence one must formulate mereology via axioms. The standard axioms of mereology form close analogies to those of standard Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, if the "parthood" relation is taken as corresponding not to the membersh ...

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Mereology, Mereology - Mereology and set theory, Mereology - Mereology and natural language, Mereology - External link

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An alphabetical and subclassified list of mathematics articles is available. The following list of themes and links gives just one possible view. For a fuller treatment, see areas of mathematics or the list of mathematics lists. Mathematics - Quantity. This starts from explicit measurements of sizes of numbers or sets, or ways to find such measurements. See also:

Mathematics, Mathematics - History, Mathematics - Inspiration pure and applied mathematics and aesthetics, Mathematics - Notation language and rigor, Mathematics - Is mathematics a science?, Mathematics - Overview of fields of mathematics, Mathematics - Major themes in mathematics, Mathematics - Quantity, Mathematics - Structure, Mathematics - Space, Mathematics - Change, Mathematics - Foundations and methods, Mathematics - Discrete mathematics, Mathematics - Applied mathematics, Mathematics - Important theorems, Mathematics - Important conjectures, Mathematics - History and the world of mathematicians, Mathematics - Mathematics and other fields, Mathematics - Common misconceptions

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This section is somewhat technical and tries to describe precisely the usual framework for reverse mathematics (namely, subsystems of second-order arithmetic). Reverse mathematics - The language. The language of second-order arithmetic is a two-kinded language (of first-order predicate calculus). Some terms and variables, usually written in lower case, refer to individuals/numbers, which can be thought of as natural numbers. Other variables, called class variables or predicates and usually wr ...

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Reverse mathematics, Reverse mathematics - Principles, Reverse mathematics - Generalities, Reverse mathematics - Choice of the language and base system, Reverse mathematics - Second-order arithmetic, Reverse mathematics - The language, Reverse mathematics - Coding mathematics in second-order arithmetic, Reverse mathematics - Basic axioms, Reverse mathematics - Induction and comprehension axioms, Reverse mathematics - The full system, Reverse mathematics - Arithmetical comprehension, Reverse mathematics - The arithmetical hierarchy for formulas, Reverse mathematics - The base system, Reverse mathematics - Stronger systems, Reverse mathematics - Models of second-order arithmetic, Reverse mathematics - The main systems, Reverse mathematics - Recursive comprehension, Reverse mathematics - Weak König's lemma, Reverse mathematics - Arithmetical comprehension, Reverse mathematics - Arithmetical transfinite recursion, Reverse mathematics - Π¹₁-comprehension, Reverse mathematics - Some further systems, Reverse mathematics - An example of a reverse mathematical proof

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A Blum complexity measure is a tuple with a Gödel numbering of the partial computable functions and a computable function so that the following Blum axioms are satisfied for all , the set is recursive ...

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Blum axioms, Blum axioms - Blum axioms, Blum axioms - Examples, Blum axioms - Complexity classes

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Theorem 1.3: For all a,b in G, there exists a unique x in G such that a*x = b. Certainly, at least one such x exists, for if we let x = a -1*b, then x is in G (by A1, closure); and then a*x = a*(a -1*b) (substituting for x) a*(a -1*b) = (a*a -1)*b (associativity ...

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Elementary group theory, Elementary group theory - R+ is a group, Elementary group theory - R* is not a group, Elementary group theory - R^#* is a group, Elementary group theory - Inverses work on either side, Elementary group theory - An identity works on either side, Elementary group theory - Latin square property, Elementary group theory - The identity is unique, Elementary group theory - Inverses are unique, Elementary group theory - Inverting twice gets you back where you started, Elementary group theory - The inverse of ab, Elementary group theory - Cancellation, Elementary group theory - Repeated use of *

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The axiomatic method is often discussed as if it were a unitary approach, or uniform procedure. With the example of Euclid to appeal to, it was indeed treated that way for many centuries: up until the beginning of the nineteenth century it was generally assumed, in European mathematics and philosophy (for example in Spinoza's work) that the heritage of Greek mathematics represented the highest standard of intellectual finish (development See also:

Axiomatic system, Axiomatic system - Properties, Axiomatic system - Models, Axiomatic system - Axiomatic method

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The important idea of Cantor's, which got set theory going as a new field of study, was to define two sets A and B to have the same number of members (the same cardinality) when there is a way of pairing off members of A exhaustively with members of B. Then the set N of natural numbers has the same cardinality as the set Q of rational numbers (they are both said to be countably infinite), even though N is a proper subset of Q. On the other hand, the set R of real numbers d ...

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Axiomatic set theory, Axiomatic set theory - The origins of rigorous set theory, Axiomatic set theory - Axioms for set theory, Axiomatic set theory - Independence in ZFC, Axiomatic set theory - Set theory ZFC foundations for mathematics, Axiomatic set theory - Well-foundedness and hypersets, Axiomatic set theory - Objections to set theory

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This paradox is unsettling because the prisoner seems to show that the judge is being self-contradictory, yet in the end the judge ends up being perfectly correct in every statement. Several solutions have been suggested for this paradox. One possible solution is to note the difference between the truth of a statement and knowledge about this truth. The judge's statements might be true, but the prisoner can't know that they are true. He has no reason to assume they are true, other than to believe what the judge says. Because judges ar ...

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Unexpected hanging paradox, Unexpected hanging paradox - The paradox, Unexpected hanging paradox - A simpler form of the paradox, Unexpected hanging paradox - Discussion, Unexpected hanging paradox - Annotated bibliography

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Positions on the existence of God can be roughly divided into two camps: Theist and Atheist. Both of these camps can be further divided into two groups each, based on the belief of whether or not their position can be conclusively proven. Existence of God - Theism. Theism is simply the view that God exists. Some theists believe that the existence of God or gods can be proven through independent arguments, while others do not. The tradition of providing arguments for the existence of God on independent grounds is known as natural theology. Thus, to be a theist ...

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Existence of God, Existence of God - What is God? Definition of God's existence, Existence of God - The problem of the supernatural, Existence of God - How do we know?, Existence of God - Positions on the Existence of God, Existence of God - Theism, Existence of God - Atheism, Existence of God - Agnosticism, Existence of God - Arguments for the existence of God, Existence of God - Inductive arguments for, Existence of God - Subjective arguments for, Existence of God - Arguments against the existence of God, Existence of God - Notes

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There are some conceptual similarities between dogma and the axioms used as the starting point for logical analysis. Axioms may be thought of as concepts or "givens" so fundamental that disputing them would be unimaginable; dogmata are also fundamental (e.g. "God exists") yet incorporate also the larger set of conclusions that comprise the (religious) field of thought (e.g. "God created the universe"). Axioms are propositions not subject to proof or disproof, or are statements accepted on their own merits. Dogmata might be thought to be more complex, the product of other proofs. Philosophy and theology find ways to evaluate all state ...

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Dogma, Dogma - Dogma faith and logic, Dogma - Dogma in religion, Dogma - Dogma outside of religion

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The development of the concept of the sublime as an aesthetic quality distinct from beauty was first brought into prominence in the eighteenth century in the writings of Anthony Ashley Cooper (third earl of Shaftesbury) and John Dennis, in expressing an appreciation of the fearful and irregular forms of external nature, and Joseph Addison’s synthesis of Cooper’s and Dennis’ concepts of the sublime in his The Spectator, and later the Pleasures of the Imagination. All three Englishmen had, within the span of several years, ...

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Sublime philosophy, Sublime philosophy - Eighteenth Century, Sublime philosophy - Romantic Period, Sublime philosophy - Post Romantic and Twentieth Century

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The term theory is used informally within mathematics to mean a self-consistent body of definitions, axioms, theorems, examples, and so on. (Examples include group theory, Galois theory, control theory, and K-theory.) In particular there is no connotation of hypothetical. Thus the term unifying theory is more like sociological term used to study the actions of mathematicians. It may assume nothing conjectural, that would be analogous to an undiscovered scientific link. There is really no cognate within mathematics to ...

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Unifying theories in mathematics, Unifying theories in mathematics - Mathematical theories, Unifying theories in mathematics - Geometrical theories, Unifying theories in mathematics - Through-axiomatisation, Unifying theories in mathematics - Bourbaki, Unifying theories in mathematics - Category theory as a rival, Unifying theories in mathematics - Uniting theories, Unifying theories in mathematics - Reference list of major unifying concepts, Unifying theories in mathematics - Recent developments in relation with modular theory, Unifying theories in mathematics - Isomorphism conjectures in K-theory

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Consider a language (such as English) in which the arithmetical properties of integers are defined. For example, "the first natural number" defines the property of being the first natural number, one; and "not divisible by any integer other than 1 and itself" defines the property of being a prime number. (It is clear that some properties cannot be defined explicitly, since every deductive system must start with some axioms. But for the purposes of this argument, it is assumed that phrases such as ...

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Richard's paradox, Richard's paradox - Description of the paradox, Richard's paradox - Resolving the paradox

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Let C be a set in a real or complex vector space. C is said to be convex if, for all x and y in C and all t in the interval [0,1], the point (1 − t) x + t y is in C. In other words, every point on the line segment connecting x and y is in C. This implies that a convex set is connected. A set C is called absolutel ...

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Convex set, Convex set - Convex sets, Convex set - Properties of convex sets, Convex set - Non-Euclidean geometry, Convex set - Generalized convexity, Convex set - Orthogonal convexity, Convex set - Abstract axiomatic convexity

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A topological space is a set X together with a collection T of subsets of X satisfying the following axioms: The empty set and X are in T. The union of any collection of sets in T is also in T. The intersection of any pair of sets in T is also in T. The collection T is a topology on X. The sets in T are the open sets, and their complements in X are the closed sets. Th ...

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Topological space, Topological space - Definition, Topological space - Comparison of topologies, Topological space - Continuous functions, Topological space - Alternative definitions, Topological space - Examples of topological spaces, Topological space - Topological constructions, Topological space - Classification of topological spaces, Topological space - Topological spaces with algebraic structure, Topological space - Topological spaces with order structure

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There are two general meanings to the term "common sense" in philosophy. One is a sense that is common to the others, and the other meaning is a sense of things that is common to humanity. The first meaning was proposed by John Locke in his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding,. This interpretation is based on phenomenological experience. Each of the senses gives input, and then these must be integrated into a single impression. This is the common sense, the sense of things in common between disparate impressions. It is ther ...

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Common sense, Common sense - Philosophy and common sense, Common sense - Other uses, Common sense - Projects to collect common sense

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In scientific usage, a theory does not mean an unsubstantiated guess or hunch, as it often does in other contexts. Scientific theories are never proven to be true, but can be disproven. All scientific understanding takes the form of hypotheses, or conjectures. A theory is in this context a set of hypotheses that are logically bound together (See also hypothetico-deductive method). Theories are typically ways of explaining why things happen, often, but not always after their occurrence is no longer in scientific di ...

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Theory, Theory - Etymology, Theory - Science, Theory - Models, Theory - Types of theories, Theory - Further explanation of a scientific theory, Theory - Characteristics, Theory - Mathematics, Theory - Other fields, Theory - List of famous theories, Theory - Reference

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