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− | <pre> | + | The proposition <math>(u, v, w)\!</math> evaluates to true if and only if just one of <math>u, v, w\!</math> is false. In the same way, the proposition <math>(x,(y),(z))\!</math> evaluates to true if and only if exactly one of <math>x, (y), (z)\!</math> is false. Taking it by cases, let us first suppose that <math>x\!</math> is true. Then it has to be that just one of <math>(y)\!</math> or <math>(z)\!</math> is false, which is tantamount to the proposition <math>((y),(z)),\!</math> which is equivalent to the proposition <math>(y, z).\!</math> On the other hand, let us suppose that <math>x\!</math> is the false one. Then both <math>(y)\!</math> and <math>(z)\!</math> must be true, which is to say that <math>y\!</math> is false and <math>z\!</math> is false. |
− | The proposition (u, v, w) evaluates to true
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− | if and only if just one of u, v, w is false. | |
− | In the same way, the proposition (x,(y),(z)) | |
− | evaluates to true if and only if exactly one | |
− | of x, (y), (z) is false. Taking it by cases, | |
− | let us first suppose that x is true. Then it | |
− | has to be that just one of (y) or (z) is false, | |
− | which is tantamount to the proposition ((y),(z)), | |
− | which is equivalent to the proposition ( y , z ). | |
− | On the other hand, let us suppose that x is the | |
− | false one. Then both (y) and (z) must be true, | |
− | which is to say that y is false and z is false. | |
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− | What we have just said here is that the region | + | What we have just said here is that the region where <math>x\!</math> is true is partitioned into the regions where <math>y\!</math> and <math>z\!</math> are true, respectively, while the region where <math>x\!</math> is false has both <math>y\!</math> and <math>z\!</math> false. In other words, we have a ''pie-chart'' structure, where the genus <math>X\!</math> is divided into the disjoint and <math>X\!</math>-haustive couple of species <math>Y\!</math> and <math>Z.\!</math> |
− | where x is true is partitioned into the regions | |
− | where y and z are true, respectively, while the | |
− | region where x is false has both y and z false. | |
− | In other words, we have a "pie-chart" structure, | |
− | where the genus X is divided into the disjoint | |
− | and X-haustive couple of species Y and Z. | |
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− | The same analysis applies to the generic form | + | The same analysis applies to the generic form <math>(x, (x_1), \ldots, (x_k)),\!</math> specifying a pie-chart with a genus <math>X\!</math> and the <math>k\!</math> species <math>X_1, \ldots, X_k.\!</math> |
− | (x, (x_1), ..., (x_k)), specifying a pie-chart | |
− | with a genus X and the k species X_1, ..., X_k. | |
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| ==Differential Logic : Series C== | | ==Differential Logic : Series C== |