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In this specifically boolean setting, as in the more generally logical context, where ''truth'' under any name is especially valued, it is worth devoting a specialized notation to the ''fiber of truth'' in a proposition, to mark with particular ease and explicitness the set that it indicates.
Fiber of %1% under f_Q  =  (f_Q)^(-1)(%1%)  =  {x in X  :  f_Q (x) = %1%}  =  Q.
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In this specifically boolean setting, as in the more generally logical context, where "truth" under any name is especially valued, it is worth devoting a specialized notation to the "fiber of truth" in a proposition, to mark the set that it indicates with a particular ease and explicitness.
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For this purpose, I introduce the use of ''fiber bars'' or ''ground signs'', written as a frame of the form <math>[| \, \ldots \, |]</math> around a sentence or the sign of a proposition, and whose application is defined as follows:
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For this purpose, I introduce the use of "fiber bars" or "ground signs", written as "[| ... |]" around a sentence or the sign of a proposition, and whose application is defined as follows:
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| <math>\operatorname{If}~ f : X \to \underline\mathbb{B},</math>
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| <math>\operatorname{then}~ [| f |] ~=~ f^{-1} (\underline{1}) ~=~ \{ x \in X : f(x) = \underline{1}.</math>
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If  f : X -> %B%,
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The definition of a fiber, in either the general or the boolean case, is a purely nominal convenience for referring to the antecedent subset, the inverse image under a function, or the pre-image of a functional value.
 
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then  [| f |]  =  f^(-1)(%1%)  =  {x in X  :  f(x) = %1%}.
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The definition of a fiber, in either the general or the boolean case,
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is a purely nominal convenience for referring to the antecedent subset,
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the inverse image under a function, or the pre-image of a functional value.
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The definition of an operator on propositions, signified by framing the signs of propositions with fiber bars or ground signs, remains a purely notational device, and yet the notion of a fiber in a logical context serves to raise an interesting point.  By way of illustration, it is legitimate to rewrite the above definition in the following form:
 
The definition of an operator on propositions, signified by framing the signs of propositions with fiber bars or ground signs, remains a purely notational device, and yet the notion of a fiber in a logical context serves to raise an interesting point.  By way of illustration, it is legitimate to rewrite the above definition in the following form:
  
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