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| + | Now that we've introduced the field picture for thinking about propositions and their analytic series, a very pleasing way of picturing the relationship among a proposition <math>f : X \to \mathbb{B},</math> its enlargement or shift map <math>\operatorname{E}f : \operatorname{E}X \to \mathbb{B},</math> and its difference map <math>\operatorname{D}f : \operatorname{E}X \to \mathbb{B}</math> can now be drawn. |
− | Now that we've introduced the field picture for thinking about | |
− | propositions and their analytic series, a very pleasing way of | |
− | picturing the relationship among a proposition f : X -> B, its | |
− | enlargement or shift map Ef : EX -> B, and its difference map | |
− | Df : EX -> B can now be drawn.
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− | To illustrate this possibility, let's return to the differential | + | To illustrate this possibility, let's return to the differential analysis of the conjunctive proposition <math>f(p, q) = pq,\!</math> giving the development a slightly different twist at the appropriate point. |
− | analysis of the conjunctive proposition f<p, q> = pq, giving the | |
− | development a slightly different twist at the appropriate point. | |
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− | Figure 24-1 shows the proposition pq once again, which we now view | + | Figure 24-1 shows the proposition <math>pq\!</math> once again, which we now view as a scalar field, in effect, a potential "plateau" of elevation 1 over the shaded region, with an elevation of 0 everywhere else. |
− | as a scalar field, in effect, a potential "plateau" of elevation 1 | |
− | over the shaded region, with an elevation of 0 everywhere else. | |
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