By A CooperNow we're at the stage where you're probably antsy to start actually writing proofs. Excellent! Let's get started. The main message (and it's the reason... |Logic
By A CooperThere is another quantifier, besides existential and universal: the unique existential quantifier. Definition. The sentence is true if there is exactly one in the universe... |Logic
By A CooperSome sentences feel an awful lot like statements but aren't. For example, is even This is not a statement because it doesn't have a truth... |Logic
By A CooperLogic as a game of pushing symbols is fun, but our purpose with it is to construct arguments. In fact, classically an advanced education was... |Logic
By A Cooper So far our statements haven't been very interesting. In fact most mathematical statements of interest are things like If a function is differentiable, then... |Logic