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| <math>\begin{matrix} | | <math>\begin{matrix} |
| \operatorname{E}f(p, q, \operatorname{d}p, \operatorname{d}q) | | \operatorname{E}f(p, q, \operatorname{d}p, \operatorname{d}q) |
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| In the example <math>f(p, q) = pq,\!</math> the enlargement <math>\operatorname{E}f</math> is computed as follows: | | In the example <math>f(p, q) = pq,\!</math> the enlargement <math>\operatorname{E}f</math> is computed as follows: |
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| <math>\begin{matrix} | | <math>\begin{matrix} |
| \operatorname{E}f(p, q, \operatorname{d}p, \operatorname{d}q) | | \operatorname{E}f(p, q, \operatorname{d}p, \operatorname{d}q) |
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| \end{matrix}</math> | | \end{matrix}</math> |
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− | | Ef = (p, dp) (q, dq) |
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| Given the proposition <math>f(p, q)\!</math> over <math>X = P \times Q,</math> the ''(first order) difference'' of <math>f\!</math> is the proposition <math>\operatorname{D}f</math> over <math>\operatorname{E}X</math> that is defined by the formula <math>\operatorname{D}f = \operatorname{E}f - f,</math> or, written out in full: | | Given the proposition <math>f(p, q)\!</math> over <math>X = P \times Q,</math> the ''(first order) difference'' of <math>f\!</math> is the proposition <math>\operatorname{D}f</math> over <math>\operatorname{E}X</math> that is defined by the formula <math>\operatorname{D}f = \operatorname{E}f - f,</math> or, written out in full: |
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| <math>\begin{matrix} | | <math>\begin{matrix} |
| \operatorname{D}f(p, q, \operatorname{d}p, \operatorname{d}q) | | \operatorname{D}f(p, q, \operatorname{d}p, \operatorname{d}q) |
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| In the example <math>f(p, q) = pq,\!</math> the difference <math>\operatorname{D}f</math> is computed as follows: | | In the example <math>f(p, q) = pq,\!</math> the difference <math>\operatorname{D}f</math> is computed as follows: |
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| <math>\begin{matrix} | | <math>\begin{matrix} |
| \operatorname{D}f(p, q, \operatorname{d}p, \operatorname{d}q) | | \operatorname{D}f(p, q, \operatorname{d}p, \operatorname{d}q) |
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| \end{matrix}</math> | | \end{matrix}</math> |
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| We did not yet go through the trouble to interpret this (first order) ''difference of conjunction'' fully, but were happy simply to evaluate it with respect to a single location in the universe of discourse, namely, at the point picked out by the singular proposition <math>pq,\!</math> that is, at the place where <math>p = 1\!</math> and <math>q = 1.\!</math> This evaluation is written in the form <math>\operatorname{D}f|_{pq}</math> or <math>\operatorname{D}f|_{(1, 1)},</math> and we arrived at the locally applicable law that is stated and illustrated as follows: | | We did not yet go through the trouble to interpret this (first order) ''difference of conjunction'' fully, but were happy simply to evaluate it with respect to a single location in the universe of discourse, namely, at the point picked out by the singular proposition <math>pq,\!</math> that is, at the place where <math>p = 1\!</math> and <math>q = 1.\!</math> This evaluation is written in the form <math>\operatorname{D}f|_{pq}</math> or <math>\operatorname{D}f|_{(1, 1)},</math> and we arrived at the locally applicable law that is stated and illustrated as follows: |
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| <math>f(p, q) ~=~ pq ~=~ p ~\operatorname{and}~ q \quad \Rightarrow \quad \operatorname{D}f|_{pq} ~=~ \texttt{((} \operatorname{dp} \texttt{)(} \operatorname{d}q \texttt{))} ~=~ \operatorname{d}p ~\operatorname{or}~ \operatorname{d}q</math> | | <math>f(p, q) ~=~ pq ~=~ p ~\operatorname{and}~ q \quad \Rightarrow \quad \operatorname{D}f|_{pq} ~=~ \texttt{((} \operatorname{dp} \texttt{)(} \operatorname{d}q \texttt{))} ~=~ \operatorname{d}p ~\operatorname{or}~ \operatorname{d}q</math> |
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| The picture shows the analysis of the inclusive disjunction <math>\texttt{((} \operatorname{d}p \texttt{)(} \operatorname{d}q \texttt{))}</math> into the following exclusive disjunction: | | The picture shows the analysis of the inclusive disjunction <math>\texttt{((} \operatorname{d}p \texttt{)(} \operatorname{d}q \texttt{))}</math> into the following exclusive disjunction: |
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| <math>\begin{matrix} | | <math>\begin{matrix} |
| \operatorname{d}p ~\texttt{(} \operatorname{d}q \texttt{)} | | \operatorname{d}p ~\texttt{(} \operatorname{d}q \texttt{)} |