title
stringlengths
1
124
text
stringlengths
9
3.55k
source
stringclasses
1 value
classical involution theorem
In mathematical finite group theory, the classical involution theorem of Aschbacher (1977a, 1977b, 1980) classifies simple groups with a classical involution and satisfying some other conditions, showing that they are mostly groups of Lie type over a field of odd characteristic. Berkman (2001) extended the classical in...
wikipedia
no free lunch theorem
In mathematical folklore, the "no free lunch" (NFL) theorem (sometimes pluralized) of David Wolpert and William Macready, alludes to the saying "no such thing as a free lunch", that is, there are no easy shortcuts to success. It appeared in the 1997 "No Free Lunch Theorems for Optimization". Wolpert had previously deri...
wikipedia
kimeme
In mathematical folklore, the no free lunch theorem (sometimes pluralized) of David Wolpert and William G. Macready appears in the 1997 "No Free Lunch Theorems for Optimization. "This mathematical result states the need for a specific effort in the design of a new algorithm, tailored to the specific problem to be optim...
wikipedia
minus-plus sign
In mathematical formulas, the ± symbol may be used to indicate a symbol that may be replaced by either the plus and minus signs, + or −, allowing the formula to represent two values or two equations.If x2 = 9, one may give the solution as x = ±3. This indicates that the equation has two solutions: x = +3 and x = −3. A ...
wikipedia
minus-plus sign
+ x 5 5 ! − x 7 7 !
wikipedia
minus-plus sign
+ ⋯ ± 1 ( 2 n + 1 ) ! x 2 n + 1 + ⋯ . {\displaystyle \sin \left(x\right)=x-{\frac {x^{3}}{3!
wikipedia
minus-plus sign
}}+{\frac {x^{5}}{5! }}-{\frac {x^{7}}{7! }}+\cdots \pm {\frac {1}{(2n+1)!
wikipedia
minus-plus sign
}}x^{2n+1}+\cdots ~.} Here, the plus-or-minus sign indicates that the term may be added or subtracted depending on whether n is odd or even; a rule which can be deduced from the first few terms. A more rigorous presentation would multiply each term by a factor of (−1)n, which gives +1 when n is even, and −1 when n is o...
wikipedia
minus-plus sign
In older texts one occasionally finds (−)n, which means the same. When the standard presumption that the plus-or-minus signs all take on the same value of +1 or all −1 is not true, then the line of text that immediately follows the equation must contain a brief description of the actual connection, if any, most often o...
wikipedia
bernstein algebra
In mathematical genetics, a genetic algebra is a (possibly non-associative) algebra used to model inheritance in genetics. Some variations of these algebras are called train algebras, special train algebras, gametic algebras, Bernstein algebras, copular algebras, zygotic algebras, and baric algebras (also called weight...
wikipedia
hall–higman theorem
In mathematical group theory, the Hall–Higman theorem, due to Philip Hall and Graham Higman (1956, Theorem B), describes the possibilities for the minimal polynomial of an element of prime power order for a representation of a p-solvable group.
wikipedia
balance theorem
In mathematical group theory, the balance theorem states that if G is a group with no core then G either has disconnected Sylow 2-subgroups or it is of characteristic 2 type or it is of component type (Gorenstein 1983, p. 7). The significance of this theorem is that it splits the classification of finite simple groups ...
wikipedia
root data
In mathematical group theory, the root datum of a connected split reductive algebraic group over a field is a generalization of a root system that determines the group up to isomorphism. They were introduced by Michel Demazure in SGA III, published in 1970.
wikipedia
green's function number
In mathematical heat conduction, the Green's function number is used to uniquely categorize certain fundamental solutions of the heat equation to make existing solutions easier to identify, store, and retrieve.
wikipedia
link (knot theory)
In mathematical knot theory, a link is a collection of knots which do not intersect, but which may be linked (or knotted) together. A knot can be described as a link with one component. Links and knots are studied in a branch of mathematics called knot theory. Implicit in this definition is that there is a trivial refe...
wikipedia
link (knot theory)
For example, a co-dimension 2 link in 3-dimensional space is a subspace of 3-dimensional Euclidean space (or often the 3-sphere) whose connected components are homeomorphic to circles. The simplest nontrivial example of a link with more than one component is called the Hopf link, which consists of two circles (or unkno...
wikipedia
valuation (logic)
In mathematical logic (especially model theory), a valuation is an assignment of truth values to formal sentences that follows a truth schema. Valuations are also called truth assignments. In propositional logic, there are no quantifiers, and formulas are built from propositional variables using logical connectives.
wikipedia
valuation (logic)
In this context, a valuation begins with an assignment of a truth value to each propositional variable. This assignment can be uniquely extended to an assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas. In first-order logic, a language consists of a collection of constant symbols, a collection of function symbols...
wikipedia
valuation (logic)
Formulas are built out of atomic formulas using logical connectives and quantifiers. A structure consists of a set (domain of discourse) that determines the range of the quantifiers, along with interpretations of the constant, function, and relation symbols in the language. Corresponding to each structure is a unique t...
wikipedia
gabbay's separation theorem
In mathematical logic and computer science, Gabbay's separation theorem, named after Dov Gabbay, states that any arbitrary temporal logic formula can be rewritten in a logically equivalent "past → future" form. I.e. the future becomes what must be satisfied. This form can be used as execution rules; a MetateM program i...
wikipedia
mu-recursive function
In mathematical logic and computer science, a general recursive function, partial recursive function, or μ-recursive function is a partial function from natural numbers to natural numbers that is "computable" in an intuitive sense – as well as in a formal one. If the function is total, it is also called a total recursi...
wikipedia
mu-recursive function
However, not every total recursive function is a primitive recursive function—the most famous example is the Ackermann function. Other equivalent classes of functions are the functions of lambda calculus and the functions that can be computed by Markov algorithms. The subset of all total recursive functions with values...
wikipedia
calculus of constructions
In mathematical logic and computer science, the calculus of constructions (CoC) is a type theory created by Thierry Coquand. It can serve as both a typed programming language and as constructive foundation for mathematics. For this second reason, the CoC and its variants have been the basis for Coq and other proof assi...
wikipedia
lambda-mu calculus
In mathematical logic and computer science, the lambda-mu calculus is an extension of the lambda calculus introduced by M. Parigot. It introduces two new operators: the μ operator (which is completely different both from the μ operator found in computability theory and from the μ operator of modal μ-calculus) and the b...
wikipedia
lambda-mu calculus
According to the Curry–Howard isomorphism, lambda calculus on its own can express theorems in intuitionistic logic only, and several classical logical theorems can't be written at all. However with these new operators one is able to write terms that have the type of, for example, Peirce's law. Semantically these operat...
wikipedia
universal horn theory
In mathematical logic and logic programming, a Horn clause is a logical formula of a particular rule-like form which gives it useful properties for use in logic programming, formal specification, and model theory. Horn clauses are named for the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out their significance in 1951.
wikipedia
collapsing function
In mathematical logic and set theory, an ordinal collapsing function (or projection function) is a technique for defining (notations for) certain recursive large countable ordinals, whose principle is to give names to certain ordinals much larger than the one being defined, perhaps even large cardinals (though they can...
wikipedia
collapsing function
An example of how this works will be detailed below, for an ordinal collapsing function defining the Bachmann–Howard ordinal (i.e., defining a system of notations up to the Bachmann–Howard ordinal). The use and definition of ordinal collapsing functions is inextricably intertwined with the theory of ordinal analysis, s...
wikipedia
theory of pure equality
In mathematical logic the theory of pure equality is a first-order theory. It has a signature consisting of only the equality relation symbol, and includes no non-logical axioms at all.This theory is consistent but incomplete, as a non-empty set with the usual equality relation provides an interpretation making certain...
wikipedia
craig's theorem
In mathematical logic, Craig's theorem (also known as Craig's trick) states that any recursively enumerable set of well-formed formulas of a first-order language is (primitively) recursively axiomatizable. This result is not related to the well-known Craig interpolation theorem, although both results are named after th...
wikipedia
diaconescu theorem
In mathematical logic, Diaconescu's theorem, or the Goodman–Myhill theorem, states that the full axiom of choice is sufficient to derive the law of the excluded middle or restricted forms of it. The theorem was discovered in 1975 by Radu Diaconescu and later by Goodman and Myhill. Already in 1967, Errett Bishop posed t...
wikipedia
frege's propositional calculus
In mathematical logic, Frege's propositional calculus was the first axiomatization of propositional calculus. It was invented by Gottlob Frege, who also invented predicate calculus, in 1879 as part of his second-order predicate calculus (although Charles Peirce was the first to use the term "second-order" and developed...
wikipedia
frege's propositional calculus
Frege's PC and standard PC share two common axioms: THEN-1 and THEN-2. Notice that axioms THEN-1 through THEN-3 only make use of (and define) the implication operator, whereas axioms FRG-1 through FRG-3 define the negation operator.
wikipedia
frege's propositional calculus
The following theorems will aim to find the remaining nine axioms of standard PC within the "theorem-space" of Frege's PC, showing that the theory of standard PC is contained within the theory of Frege's PC. (A theory, also called here, for figurative purposes, a "theorem-space", is a set of theorems that are a subset ...
wikipedia
kirby–paris theorem
In mathematical logic, Goodstein's theorem is a statement about the natural numbers, proved by Reuben Goodstein in 1944, which states that every Goodstein sequence eventually terminates at 0. Laurence Kirby and Jeff Paris showed that it is unprovable in Peano arithmetic (but it can be proven in stronger systems, such a...
wikipedia
kirby–paris theorem
Kirby and Paris introduced a graph-theoretic hydra game with behavior similar to that of Goodstein sequences: the "Hydra" (named for the mythological multi-headed Hydra of Lerna) is a rooted tree, and a move consists of cutting off one of its "heads" (a branch of the tree), to which the hydra responds by growing a fini...
wikipedia
gödel's β function
In mathematical logic, Gödel's β function is a function used to permit quantification over finite sequences of natural numbers in formal theories of arithmetic. The β function is used, in particular, in showing that the class of arithmetically definable functions is closed under primitive recursion, and therefore inclu...
wikipedia
lindstrom's theorem
In mathematical logic, Lindström's theorem (named after Swedish logician Per Lindström, who published it in 1969) states that first-order logic is the strongest logic (satisfying certain conditions, e.g. closure under classical negation) having both the (countable) compactness property and the (downward) Löwenheim–Skol...
wikipedia
löb's theorem
In mathematical logic, Löb's theorem states that in Peano arithmetic (PA) (or any formal system including PA), for any formula P, if it is provable in PA that "if P is provable in PA then P is true", then P is provable in PA. If Prov(P) means that the formula P is provable, we may express this more formally as If P A ⊢...
wikipedia
typed set theory
In mathematical logic, New Foundations (NF) is an axiomatic set theory, conceived by Willard Van Orman Quine as a simplification of the theory of types of Principia Mathematica. Quine first proposed NF in a 1937 article titled "New Foundations for Mathematical Logic"; hence the name. Much of this entry discusses NF wit...
wikipedia
typed set theory
New Foundations has a universal set, so it is a non-well-founded set theory. That is to say, it is an axiomatic set theory that allows infinite descending chains of membership, such as ... xn ∈ xn-1 ∈ ... ∈ x2 ∈ x1. It avoids Russell's paradox by permitting only stratifiable formulas to be defined using the axiom schem...
wikipedia
tarski's high school algebra problem
In mathematical logic, Tarski's high school algebra problem was a question posed by Alfred Tarski. It asks whether there are identities involving addition, multiplication, and exponentiation over the positive integers that cannot be proved using eleven axioms about these operations that are taught in high-school-level ...
wikipedia
boolean-valued model
In mathematical logic, a Boolean-valued model is a generalization of the ordinary Tarskian notion of structure from model theory. In a Boolean-valued model, the truth values of propositions are not limited to "true" and "false", but instead take values in some fixed complete Boolean algebra. Boolean-valued models were ...
wikipedia
gödel encoding
In mathematical logic, a Gödel numbering is a function that assigns to each symbol and well-formed formula of some formal language a unique natural number, called its Gödel number. The concept was developed by Kurt Gödel for the proof of his incompleteness theorems. (Gödel 1931) A Gödel numbering can be interpreted as ...
wikipedia
deduction theorem
In mathematical logic, a deduction theorem is a metatheorem that justifies doing conditional proofs from a hypothesis in systems that do not explicitly axiomatize that hypothesis, i.e. to prove an implication A → B, it is sufficient to assume A as an hypothesis and then proceed to derive B. Deduction theorems exist for...
wikipedia
deduction theorem
In the special case where Δ {\displaystyle \Delta } is the empty set, the deduction theorem claim can be more compactly written as: A ⊢ B {\displaystyle A\vdash B} implies ⊢ A → B {\displaystyle \vdash A\to B} . The deduction theorem for predicate logic is similar, but comes with some extra constraints (that would for ...
wikipedia
deduction theorem
The deduction theorem holds for all first-order theories with the usual deductive systems for first-order logic. However, there are first-order systems in which new inference rules are added for which the deduction theorem fails. Most notably, the deduction theorem fails to hold in Birkhoff–von Neumann quantum logic, b...
wikipedia
decidability of first-order theories of the real numbers
In mathematical logic, a first-order language of the real numbers is the set of all well-formed sentences of first-order logic that involve universal and existential quantifiers and logical combinations of equalities and inequalities of expressions over real variables. The corresponding first-order theory is the set of...
wikipedia
decidability of first-order theories of the real numbers
The theory of real closed fields is the theory in which the primitive operations are multiplication and addition; this implies that, in this theory, the only numbers that can be defined are the real algebraic numbers. As proven by Tarski, this theory is decidable; see Tarski–Seidenberg theorem and Quantifier eliminatio...
wikipedia
decidability of first-order theories of the real numbers
Tarski's exponential function problem concerns the extension of this theory to another primitive operation, the exponential function. It is an open problem whether this theory is decidable, but if Schanuel's conjecture holds then the decidability of this theory would follow. In contrast, the extension of the theory of ...
wikipedia
decidability of first-order theories of the real numbers
Still, one can handle the undecidable case with functions such as sine by using algorithms that do not necessarily terminate always. In particular, one can design algorithms that are only required to terminate for input formulas that are robust, that is, formulas whose satisfiability does not change if the formula is s...
wikipedia
formal language theory
In mathematical logic, a formal theory is a set of sentences expressed in a formal language. A formal system (also called a logical calculus, or a logical system) consists of a formal language together with a deductive apparatus (also called a deductive system). The deductive apparatus may consist of a set of transform...
wikipedia
formal language theory
A formal system is used to derive one expression from one or more other expressions. Although a formal language can be identified with its formulas, a formal system cannot be likewise identified by its theorems. Two formal systems F S {\displaystyle {\mathcal {FS}}} and F S ′ {\displaystyle {\mathcal {FS'}}} may have a...
wikipedia
formal language theory
A formal proof or derivation is a finite sequence of well-formed formulas (which may be interpreted as sentences, or propositions) each of which is an axiom or follows from the preceding formulas in the sequence by a rule of inference. The last sentence in the sequence is a theorem of a formal system. Formal proofs are...
wikipedia
mathematical theorem
In mathematical logic, a formal theory is a set of sentences within a formal language. A sentence is a well-formed formula with no free variables. A sentence that is a member of a theory is one of its theorems, and the theory is the set of its theorems. Usually a theory is understood to be closed under the relation of ...
wikipedia
mathematical theorem
Some accounts define a theory to be closed under the semantic consequence relation ( ⊨ {\displaystyle \models } ), while others define it to be closed under the syntactic consequence, or derivability relation ( ⊢ {\displaystyle \vdash } ). For a theory to be closed under a derivability relation, it must be associated w...
wikipedia
mathematical theorem
The closure of the empty set under the relation of logical consequence yields the set that contains just those sentences that are the theorems of the deductive system. In the broad sense in which the term is used within logic, a theorem does not have to be true, since the theory that contains it may be unsound relative...
wikipedia
mathematical theorem
The definition of theorems as sentences of a formal language is useful within proof theory, which is a branch of mathematics that studies the structure of formal proofs and the structure of provable formulas. It is also important in model theory, which is concerned with the relationship between formal theories and stru...
wikipedia
mathematical theorem
What makes formal theorems useful and interesting is that they may be interpreted as true propositions and their derivations may be interpreted as a proof of their truth. A theorem whose interpretation is a true statement about a formal system (as opposed to within a formal system) is called a metatheorem. Some importa...
wikipedia
formula
In mathematical logic, a formula (often referred to as a well-formed formula) is an entity constructed using the symbols and formation rules of a given logical language. For example, in first-order logic, ∀ x ∀ y ( P ( f ( x ) ) → ¬ ( P ( x ) → Q ( f ( y ) , x , z ) ) ) {\displaystyle \forall x\forall y(P(f(x))\rightar...
wikipedia
shoenfield absoluteness theorem
In mathematical logic, a formula is said to be absolute to some class of structures (also called models), if it has the same truth value in each of the members of that class. One can also speak of absoluteness of a formula between two structures, if it is absolute to some class which contains both of them.. Theorems ab...
wikipedia
shoenfield absoluteness theorem
If the truth of a formula in a structure N implies its truth in each structure M extending N, the formula is upward absolute. Issues of absoluteness are particularly important in set theory and model theory, fields where multiple structures are considered simultaneously. In model theory, several basic results and defin...
wikipedia
shoenfield absoluteness theorem
In set theory, the issue of which properties of sets are absolute is well studied. The Shoenfield absoluteness theorem, due to Joseph Shoenfield (1961), establishes the absoluteness of a large class of formulas between a model of set theory and its constructible universe, with important methodological consequences. The...
wikipedia
skolem function
In mathematical logic, a formula of first-order logic is in Skolem normal form if it is in prenex normal form with only universal first-order quantifiers. Every first-order formula may be converted into Skolem normal form while not changing its satisfiability via a process called Skolemization (sometimes spelled Skolem...
wikipedia
judgment (mathematical logic)
In mathematical logic, a judgment (or judgement) or assertion is a statement or enunciation in a metalanguage. For example, typical judgments in first-order logic would be that a string is a well-formed formula, or that a proposition is true. Similarly, a judgment may assert the occurrence of a free variable in an expr...
wikipedia
judgment (mathematical logic)
Judgments are used in formalizing deduction systems: a logical axiom expresses a judgment, premises of a rule of inference are formed as a sequence of judgments, and their conclusion is a judgment as well (thus, hypotheses and conclusions of proofs are judgments). A characteristic feature of the variants of Hilbert-sty...
wikipedia
judgment (mathematical logic)
The same cannot be done with the other two deductions systems: as context is changed in some of their rules of inferences, they cannot be formalized so that hypothetical judgments could be avoided—not even if we want to use them just for proving derivability of tautologies. This basic diversity among the various calcul...
wikipedia
boolean literal
In mathematical logic, a literal is an atomic formula (also known as an atom or prime formula) or its negation. The definition mostly appears in proof theory (of classical logic), e.g. in conjunctive normal form and the method of resolution. Literals can be divided into two types: A positive literal is just an atom (e....
wikipedia
boolean literal
In logics with double negation elimination (where ¬ ¬ x ≡ x {\displaystyle \lnot \lnot x\equiv x} ) the complementary literal or complement of a literal l {\displaystyle l} can be defined as the literal corresponding to the negation of l {\displaystyle l} . We can write l ¯ {\displaystyle {\bar {l}}} to denote the comp...
wikipedia
boolean literal
Double negation elimination occurs in classical logics but not in intuitionistic logic. In the context of a formula in the conjunctive normal form, a literal is pure if the literal's complement does not appear in the formula. In Boolean functions, each separate occurrence of a variable, either in inverse or uncomplemen...
wikipedia
finite model property
In mathematical logic, a logic L has the finite model property (fmp for short) if any non-theorem of L is falsified by some finite model of L. Another way of putting this is to say that L has the fmp if for every formula A of L, A is an L-theorem if and only if A is a theorem of the theory of finite models of L. If L i...
wikipedia
soundness
In mathematical logic, a logical system has the soundness property if every formula that can be proved in the system is logically valid with respect to the semantics of the system. In most cases, this comes down to its rules having the property of preserving truth. The converse of soundness is known as completeness. A ...
wikipedia
soundness
, A n {\displaystyle A_{1},A_{2},...,A_{n}} of sentences in its language, if A 1 , A 2 , . . .
wikipedia
soundness
, A n ⊢ C {\displaystyle A_{1},A_{2},...,A_{n}\vdash C} , then A 1 , A 2 , . . .
wikipedia
soundness
, A n ⊨ C {\displaystyle A_{1},A_{2},...,A_{n}\models C} . In other words, a system is sound when all of its theorems are tautologies. Soundness is among the most fundamental properties of mathematical logic.
wikipedia
soundness
The soundness property provides the initial reason for counting a logical system as desirable. The completeness property means that every validity (truth) is provable. Together they imply that all and only validities are provable.
wikipedia
soundness
Most proofs of soundness are trivial. For example, in an axiomatic system, proof of soundness amounts to verifying the validity of the axioms and that the rules of inference preserve validity (or the weaker property, truth). If the system allows Hilbert-style deduction, it requires only verifying the validity of the ax...
wikipedia
epistemic structural realism
In mathematical logic, a mathematical structure is a standard concept. A mathematical structure is a set of abstract entities with relations between them. The natural numbers under arithmetic constitute a structure, with relations such as "is evenly divisible by" and "is greater than". Here the relation "is greater tha...
wikipedia
epistemic structural realism
Points in space and the real numbers under Euclidean geometry are another structure, with relations such as "the distance between point P1 and point P2 is real number R1"; equivalently, the "distance" relation includes the element (P1, P2, R1). Other structures include the Riemann space of general relativity and the Hi...
wikipedia
non-standard number
In mathematical logic, a non-standard model of arithmetic is a model of (first-order) Peano arithmetic that contains non-standard numbers. The term standard model of arithmetic refers to the standard natural numbers 0, 1, 2, …. The elements of any model of Peano arithmetic are linearly ordered and possess an initial se...
wikipedia
proof system
In mathematical logic, a proof calculus or a proof system is built to prove statements.
wikipedia
redundant proof
In mathematical logic, a redundant proof is a proof that has a subset that is a shorter proof of the same result. In other words, a proof is redundant if it has more proof steps than are actually necessary to prove the result. Formally, a proof ψ {\displaystyle \psi } of κ {\displaystyle \kappa } is considered redundan...
wikipedia
sentence (mathematical logic)
In mathematical logic, a sentence (or closed formula) of a predicate logic is a Boolean-valued well-formed formula with no free variables. A sentence can be viewed as expressing a proposition, something that must be true or false. The restriction of having no free variables is needed to make sure that sentences can hav...
wikipedia
sentence (mathematical logic)
Sentences are then built up out of atomic formulas by applying connectives and quantifiers. A set of sentences is called a theory; thus, individual sentences may be called theorems.
wikipedia
sentence (mathematical logic)
To properly evaluate the truth (or falsehood) of a sentence, one must make reference to an interpretation of the theory. For first-order theories, interpretations are commonly called structures. Given a structure or interpretation, a sentence will have a fixed truth value. A theory is satisfiable when it is possible to...
wikipedia
theory (mathematical logic)
In mathematical logic, a theory (also called a formal theory) is a set of sentences in a formal language. In most scenarios a deductive system is first understood from context, after which an element ϕ ∈ T {\displaystyle \phi \in T} of a deductively closed theory T {\displaystyle T} is then called a theorem of the theo...
wikipedia
extension by new constant and function names
In mathematical logic, a theory can be extended with new constants or function names under certain conditions with assurance that the extension will introduce no contradiction. Extension by definitions is perhaps the best-known approach, but it requires unique existence of an object with the desired property. Addition ...
wikipedia
extension by new constant and function names
Let T 1 {\displaystyle T_{1}} be a theory obtained from T {\displaystyle T} by extending its language with new constants a 1 , … , a m {\displaystyle a_{1},\ldots ,a_{m}} and adding a new axiom φ ( a 1 , … , a m ) {\displaystyle \varphi (a_{1},\ldots ,a_{m})} .Then T 1 {\displaystyle T_{1}} is a conservative extension ...
wikipedia
extension by new constant and function names
Then T 1 {\displaystyle T_{1}} is a conservative extension of T {\displaystyle T} , i.e. the theories T {\displaystyle T} and T 1 {\displaystyle T_{1}} prove the same theorems not involving the functional symbol f {\displaystyle f} ). Shoenfield states the theorem in the form for a new function name, and constants are ...
wikipedia
existential theory of the reals
In mathematical logic, a theory is a formal language consisting of a set of sentences written using a fixed set of symbols. The first-order theory of real closed fields has the following symbols: the constants 0 and 1, a countable collection of variables X i {\displaystyle X_{i}} , the addition, subtraction, multiplica...
wikipedia
existential theory of the reals
However, there are other number systems that are not accurately described by these axioms; in particular, the theory defined in the same way for integers instead of real numbers is undecidable, even for existential sentences (Diophantine equations) by Matiyasevich's theorem.The existential theory of the reals is the fr...
wikipedia
existential theory of the reals
The set of n {\displaystyle n} -tuples of real numbers ( X 1 , … X n ) {\displaystyle (X_{1},\dots X_{n})} for which F ( X 1 , … X n ) {\displaystyle F(X_{1},\dots X_{n})} is true is called a semialgebraic set, so the decision problem for the existential theory of the reals can equivalently be rephrased as testing whet...
wikipedia
categorical (model theory)
In mathematical logic, a theory is categorical if it has exactly one model (up to isomorphism). Such a theory can be viewed as defining its model, uniquely characterizing the model's structure. In first-order logic, only theories with a finite model can be categorical.
wikipedia
categorical (model theory)
Higher-order logic contains categorical theories with an infinite model. For example, the second-order Peano axioms are categorical, having a unique model whose domain is the set of natural numbers N . {\displaystyle \mathbb {N} .}
wikipedia
categorical (model theory)
In model theory, the notion of a categorical theory is refined with respect to cardinality. A theory is κ-categorical (or categorical in κ) if it has exactly one model of cardinality κ up to isomorphism. Morley's categoricity theorem is a theorem of Michael D. Morley (1965) stating that if a first-order theory in a cou...
wikipedia
complete theory
In mathematical logic, a theory is complete if it is consistent and for every closed formula in the theory's language, either that formula or its negation is provable. That is, for every sentence φ , {\displaystyle \varphi ,} the theory T {\displaystyle T} contains the sentence or its negation but not both (that is, ei...
wikipedia
complete theory
Gödel's completeness theorem is about this latter kind of completeness. Complete theories are closed under a number of conditions internally modelling the T-schema: For a set of formulas S {\displaystyle S}: A ∧ B ∈ S {\displaystyle A\land B\in S} if and only if A ∈ S {\displaystyle A\in S} and B ∈ S {\displaystyle B\i...
wikipedia
witness (mathematics)
In mathematical logic, a witness is a specific value t to be substituted for variable x of an existential statement of the form ∃x φ(x) such that φ(t) is true.
wikipedia
abstract algebraic logic
In mathematical logic, abstract algebraic logic is the study of the algebraization of deductive systems arising as an abstraction of the well-known Lindenbaum–Tarski algebra, and how the resulting algebras are related to logical systems.
wikipedia
abstract model theory
In mathematical logic, abstract model theory is a generalization of model theory that studies the general properties of extensions of first-order logic and their models.Abstract model theory provides an approach that allows us to step back and study a wide range of logics and their relationships. The starting point for...
wikipedia