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| + | The interpretations of these new symbols can be diverse, but the easiest |
− | The interpretations of these new symbols can be diverse, | + | option for now is just to say that <math>\operatorname{d}p</math> means "change <math>p\!</math>" and <math>\operatorname{d}q</math> means "change <math>q\!</math>". |
− | but the easiest interpretation for now is just to say | |
− | that "dp" means "change p" and "dq" means "change q". | |
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− | Drawing a venn diagram for the differential extension EX = X x dX | + | Drawing a venn diagram for the differential extension <math>\operatorname{E}X = X \times \operatorname{d}X</math> requires four logical dimensions, <math>P, Q, \operatorname{d}P, \operatorname{d}Q,</math> but it is possible to project a suggestion of what the differential features <math>\operatorname{d}p</math> and <math>\operatorname{d}q</math> are about on the 2-dimensional base space <math>X = P \times Q</math> by drawing arrows that cross the boundaries of the basic circles in the venn diagram for <math>X\!,</math> reading an arrow as <math>\operatorname{d}p</math> if it crosses the boundary between <math>p\!</math> and <math>\texttt{(} p \texttt{)}</math> in either direction and reading an arrow as <math>\operatorname{d}q</math> if it crosses the boundary between <math>q\!</math> and <math>\texttt{(} q \texttt{)}</math> in either direction. |
− | requires four logical dimensions, !P!, !Q!, d!P!, d!Q!, but it is | |
− | possible to project a suggestion of what the differential features | |
− | dp and dq are about on the 2-dimensional base space X = !P! x !Q!
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− | by drawing arrows that cross the boundaries of the basic circles | |
− | in the venn diagram for X, reading an arrow as dp if it crosses | |
− | the boundary between p and (p) in either direction and reading | |
− | an arrow as dq if it crosses the boundary between q and (q) | |
− | in either direction. | |
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− | We can form propositions from these differential variables
| + | Propositions are formed on differential variables, or any combination of ordinary logical variables and differential logical variables, in all the ways that propositions are formed on ordinary logical variables alone. For example, the proposition <math>\texttt{(} \operatorname{d}p \texttt{(} \operatorname{d}q \texttt{))}</math> says the same thing as <math>\operatorname{d}p \Rightarrow \operatorname{d}q,</math> in other words, that there is no change in <math>p\!</math> without a change in <math>q\!</math>. |
− | in the same way that we would any other logical variables, | |
− | for example, taking the differential proposition (dp (dq))
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− | as saying that dp implies dq, in other words, that there | |
− | is "no change in p without a change in q". | |
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| ==Note 3== | | ==Note 3== |