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The above diagram represents a partial function that is not a total function since the element 1 in X is not associated with anything. Until the second half of the 20th century, only total functions were considered "well-defined". Consider the natural logarithm function mapping the real numbers to themselves. The logarithm of a non-positive real is not a real number, so the natural logarithm function doesn't associate any real number in the codomain with any non-positive real number in the domain. Therefore, the ...

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Partial function, Partial function - Domain of a partial function, Partial function - Discussion and examples

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There is a popular misconception that transfinite induction, or transfinite recursion, or both, require the axiom of choice (AC). This is incorrect. However it is very often the case that proofs or constructions using the technique do use AC. For example, consider the following construction of the Vitali set: First, wellorder the reals, say into a sequence <rα | α<c >, where c is the cardinality of the continuum. Let v0 equal r0. Then let v1 equa ...

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Transfinite induction, Transfinite induction - Transfinite recursion, Transfinite induction - Relationship to AC

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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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PROPOSITION 1: The empty set is a subset of every set. Proof: Given any set A, we wish to prove that ø is a subset of A. This involves showing that all elements of ø are elements of A. But there are no elements of ø. For the experienced mathematician, the inference " ø has no elements, so all elements of ø are elements of A" is immediate, but it may be more troublesome for the beginner. Since ø has no members at all, how can "they" be members of anything else? It may help to think of it ...

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Subset, Subset - Notational variations, Subset - Examples, Subset - Properties, Subset - Other properties of inclusion

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The modern idea of a mathematical function was introduced by Leibniz, and the associated notation y = f(x) was invented by Leonhard Euler, in the 18th century. But the intuitive idea of a function as any rule or procedure that assigns an output to each given input proved to be naive. Joseph Fourier, for example, claimed that every function had a Fourier series, something no mathematician would claim today. The concept of a function was not put on a rigorous basis u ...

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Function mathematics, Function mathematics - Introduction, Function mathematics - Functions of more than one variable, Function mathematics - History, Function mathematics - Formal definition, Function mathematics - Domains codomains and ranges, Function mathematics - Injective surjective and bijective functions, Function mathematics - Images and preimages, Function mathematics - Graph of a function, Function mathematics - Examples of functions, Function mathematics - Properties of functions, Function mathematics - Ambiguous functions, Function mathematics - n-ary function: function of several variables, Function mathematics - Composing functions, Function mathematics - Inverse function, Function mathematics - Restrictions and extensions, Function mathematics - Pointwise operations, Function mathematics - Computable and non-computable functions, Function mathematics - Functions from the categorical viewpoint

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Metaphysicians, and sometimes philosophers of language and mind, ask other questions: What does it mean for an object to be the same as itself? If x and y are identical (are the same thing), must they always be identical? Are they necessarily identical? What does it mean for an object to be the same, if it changes over time? (Is applet the same as applet+1?) If an object's parts are entirely replaced over time, as in ...

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Identity philosophy, Identity philosophy - Logic of identity, Identity philosophy - Metaphysics of identity, Identity philosophy - Qualitative vs. numerical identity

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Graph of a function - Hardware. Graphing calculator Oscilloscope Graph of a function - Software. See List of graphing software ...

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Graph of a function, Graph of a function - Tools for plotting function graphs, Graph of a function - Hardware, Graph of a function - Software

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This section aims at giving a first guide to the realm of ordered sets. It addresses readers who have basic knowledge of set theory and arithmetics and who know what a binary relation is, but who are not familiar with order theoretic considerations so far. Order theory - Partially ordered sets. As already hinted at above, orders are special binary relations. Hence consider some set P and a relation ≤ on P. Then ≤ is a partial order if it is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive, ...

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Order theory, Order theory - Background and motivation, Order theory - Introduction to the basic definitions, Order theory - Partially ordered sets, Order theory - Visualizing orders, Order theory - Special elements within an order, Order theory - Duality, Order theory - Constructing new orders, Order theory - Functions between orders, Order theory - Special types of orders, Order theory - Subsets of ordered sets, Order theory - Related mathematical areas, Order theory - Universal algebra, Order theory - Topology, Order theory - Category theory, Order theory - History, Order theory - Literature

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Given an n-element array with an ordering relation as an input for the sorting, consider it as a collection of cards, with the (unknown in the beginning) statistical ordering of each element serving as its index. Note that the game never uses the actual value of the card, except for comparison between two cards, and the relative ordering of any two array elements is known. Now simulate the patience sorting game, played with the greedy strategy, i.e., placing each new card on the leftmost pile ...

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Patience sorting, Patience sorting - The card game, Patience sorting - Algorithm for sorting, Patience sorting - Algorithm for finding the longest increasing subsequence, Patience sorting - History

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Projective linear maps between two projective spaces over the same field, say, P(V) and P(W), have the form where T is an element of L(V,W), the space of linear maps between V and W, v is an element of V, and we consider the equivalence classes under the defining identification of the respective projective spaces. Since members of the equivalence class differ by a scalar factor, and linear maps preserve scalar factors, this induced ...

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Projective space, Projective space - Morphisms

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The purpose of argument is usually to sway belief. Political argument can occur in the context of political theory; for instance Machiavelli's The Prince can be regarded as advice to rulers based on various kinds of arguments. Political argument though is not generally a purely intellectual activity, since it may also serve the strategic goal of promoting a political agenda. One usually thinks of political argument as exclusive to democracies, but in fact some kinds of political argument may occur in undemocratic regimes as well, for example ...

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Political argument, Political argument - Purpose of political argument, Political argument - Example, Political argument - Logical structure of political argument

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In terms of the relational model of databases, a table can be considered a convenient representation of a relation, but the two are not interchangeable. For instance, an SQL table can potentially contain duplicate rows, whereas a true relation cannot contain duplicate tuples (the equivalent of rows); similarly, representation as a table implies a particular ordering to the rows and columns, whereas a relation is explicitly unordered. An equally valid representation of a relation is as an n-dimensional graph, where n is t ...

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Table database, Table database - Comparisons, Table database - Tables versus relations

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Basic notions in the relational model are relation names and attribute names. We will represent these as strings such as "Person" and "name" and we will usually use the variables r, s, t, ... and a, b, c to range over them. Another basic notion is the set of atomic values that contains values such as numbers and strings. Our first definition concerns the notion of tuple, which formalizes the notion of row or record in a table: Def. A tuple ...

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Relational model, Relational model - The model, Relational model - Competition, Relational model - History, Relational model - Misimplementation, Relational model - Implementation, Relational model - Controversies, Relational model - Design, Relational model - Example database, Relational model - Set Theory Formulation, Relational model - Key constraints and functional dependencies

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Many-one reduction - Formal languages. Suppose A and B are formal languages over the alphabets Σ and Γ, respectively. A many-one reduction from A to B is a total computable function f : Σ* → Γ* that has the property that If such a function f exists, we say that "A is many-one reducible to B". Many-one reduction - Subsets of natural numbers. Given two sets we say A is many-one reducible or m-reducible to See also:

Many-one reduction, Many-one reduction - Definitions, Many-one reduction - Formal languages, Many-one reduction - Subsets of natural numbers, Many-one reduction - Remarks, Many-one reduction - Properties

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LTL is built up from a set of proposition variables p1,p2,..., the usual logic connectives and the following temporal modal operators: N for next; G for always; F for eventually; U for until; R for release. The first three operators are unary, so that N φ is a well-formed formula whenever φ is a well-formed formula ...

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Linear temporal logic, Linear temporal logic - Syntax, Linear temporal logic - Semantics, Linear temporal logic - Relations with other logics, Linear temporal logic - External link

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An institution consists of a category Sign of signatures, a functor Set giving, for each signature Σ, the set of sentences sen(Σ), and for each signature morphism , the sentence translation map , where often is written as , a functor Cat giving, for each signature Σ, the category of models MSee also:

Institution computer science, Institution computer science - Definition, Institution computer science - Examples of Institutions, Institution computer science - Papers

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Philosophers have many differing views on what the fundamental categories of being are. In no particular order, here are at least some items that have been regarded as categories of being by someone or other: Category of being - Physical objects. Physical objects are beings; certainly they are said to be in the simple sense that they exist all around us. So a house is a being, a person's body is a being, a tree is a being, a cloud is a being, and so on. They are beings because, and in ...

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Category of being, Category of being - Aristotle's Categories, Category of being - Other systems of categories, Category of being - Categories of being, Category of being - Physical objects, Category of being - Minds, Category of being - Classes, Category of being - Properties, Category of being - Relations

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Most query optimizers represent query plans as a tree of "plan nodes". A plan node encapsulates a single operation that is required to execute the query. The nodes are arranged as a tree, in which intermediate results flow from the bottom of the tree to the top. Each node has zero or more child nodes -- those are nodes whose output is fed as input to the parent node. For example, a join node will have two child nodes, which represent the two join operands, whereas a sort node would have a single child node (the input to be sorted). The leaves of the tree are nodes which produce results by scanning the disk, for example ...

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Query optimizer, Query optimizer - Implementation, Query optimizer - Join optimization

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Tuple relational calculus - Relational database. Since the calculus is a query language for relational databases we first have to define a relational database. The basic relational building block is the domain, or data type. A tuple is an ordered multiset of attributes, which are ordered pairs of domain and value. A relvar (relation variable) is a set of ordered pairs of domain and name, which serves as the header for a relation. A relation is a set of tuples. Although these relational concepts are mathematically ...

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Tuple relational calculus, Tuple relational calculus - Definition of the calculus, Tuple relational calculus - Relational database, Tuple relational calculus - Atoms, Tuple relational calculus - Formulas, Tuple relational calculus - Queries, Tuple relational calculus - Semantic and syntactic restriction of the calculus, Tuple relational calculus - Domain-independent queries, Tuple relational calculus - Safe queries

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PROPOSITION 1: The empty set is a subset of every set. Proof: Given any set A, we wish to prove that ø is a subset of A. This involves showing that all elements of ø are elements of A. But there are no elements of ø. For the experienced mathematician, the inference " ø has no elements, so all elements of ø are elements of A" is immediate, but it may be more troublesome for the beginner. Since ø has no members at all, how can "they" be members of anything else? It may help to think of it ...

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Subset, Subset - Examples, Subset - Properties, Subset - Other properties of inclusion

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Sign relation - IOS. (Text in preparation, 30 January 2006) Sign relation - ISO. (Text in preparation, 30 January 2006) Sign relation - OIS. Words spoken are symbols or signs (συμβολα) of affections or impressions (παθηματων) of the soul (ψυχη); written words are the signs of words spoken. As writing, so also is speech not the same for all races of men. But the mental affections themselves, of which these words are primari ...

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Sign relation, Sign relation - Six ways of looking at a sign relation, Sign relation - IOS, Sign relation - ISO, Sign relation - OIS, Sign relation - OSI, Sign relation - SIO, Sign relation - SOI, Sign relation - Examples of sign relations, Sign relation - Bibliography, Sign relation - Primary Sources, Sign relation - Secondary Sorces

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