Reverse mathematics is a program in mathematical logic that seeks to determine which axioms are required to prove theorems of mathematics. Its defining...
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Backslash (redirect from Reverse solidus)
escape (from C/UNIX), reverse slash, slosh, downwhack, backslant, backwhack, bash, reverse slant, reverse solidus, and reversed virgule. As of November 2022[update]...
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of mathematics often focuses on establishing which parts of mathematics can be formalized in particular formal systems (as in reverse mathematics) rather...
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In mathematics, an element (or member) of a set is any one of the distinct objects that belong to that set. For example, given a set called A containing...
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Proof theory (category Mathematical logic)
include structural proof theory, ordinal analysis, provability logic, reverse mathematics, proof mining, automated theorem proving, and proof complexity. Much...
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Computability theory (category Mathematical logic)
sets. The program of reverse mathematics asks which set-existence axioms are necessary to prove particular theorems of mathematics in subsystems of second-order...
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In mathematics, a map or mapping is a function in its general sense. These terms may have originated as from the process of making a geographical map:...
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Foundations of mathematics are the logical and mathematical framework that allows the development of mathematics without generating self-contradictory...
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Predicate (logic) (redirect from Predicate (mathematics))
of objects defined by other predicates. A predicate is a statement or mathematical assertion that contains variables, sometimes referred to as predicate...
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Induction, bounding and least number principles (category Mathematical axioms)
nonstandard models of arithmetic. These principles are often used in reverse mathematics to calibrate the axiomatic strength of theorems. Informally, for...
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In mathematics, an expression is a written arrangement of symbols following the context-dependent, syntactic conventions of mathematical notation. Symbols...
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In mathematics and other fields, a lemma (pl.: lemmas or lemmata) is a generally minor, proven proposition which is used to prove a larger statement....
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A mathematical proof is a deductive argument for a mathematical statement, showing that the stated assumptions logically guarantee the conclusion. The...
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In mathematics, a set is a collection of different things; the things are elements or members of the set and are typically mathematical objects: numbers...
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Reverse Mathematics: Proofs from the Inside Out is a book by John Stillwell on reverse mathematics, the process of examining proofs in mathematics to determine...
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Ultrafinitism (category Constructivism (mathematics))
sense. The power of these theories for developing mathematics is studied in bounded reverse mathematics as can be found in the works of Stephen A. Cook...
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In mathematics, a structure on a set (or on some sets) refers to providing or endowing it (or them) with certain additional features (e.g. an operation...
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Kruskal's tree theorem (category Theorems in discrete mathematics)
Nash-Williams (1963). It has since become a prominent example in reverse mathematics as a statement that cannot be proved in ATR0 (a second-order arithmetic...
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Complement (set theory) (redirect from Complementation (mathematics))
edu. Retrieved 2020-09-04. "Complement (set) Definition (Illustrated Mathematics Dictionary)". www.mathsisfun.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04. The set in which...
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A mathematical object is an abstract concept arising in mathematics. Typically, a mathematical object can be a value that can be assigned to a symbol,...
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Second-order arithmetic (section Coding mathematics)
Such subsystems are essential to reverse mathematics, a research program investigating how much of classical mathematics can be derived in certain weak...
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Surjective function (redirect from Onto (mathematics))
In mathematics, a surjective function (also known as surjection, or onto function /ˈɒn.tuː/) is a function f such that, for every element y of the function's...
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In mathematics, and particularly in set theory, category theory, type theory, and the foundations of mathematics, a universe is a collection that contains...
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Reverse Polish notation (RPN), also known as reverse Łukasiewicz notation, Polish postfix notation or simply postfix notation, is a mathematical notation...
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Union (set theory) (redirect from Union (mathematics))
explanation of the symbols used in this article, refer to the table of mathematical symbols. The union of two sets A and B is the set of elements which are...
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Uniqueness quantification (redirect from Unique (mathematics))
In mathematics and logic, the term "uniqueness" refers to the property of being the one and only object satisfying a certain condition. This sort of quantification...
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analysis. It was introduced by Paul Bernays in a 1942 article in reverse mathematics that explores which set-theoretic axioms are needed to develop analysis...
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Stratification has several usages in mathematics. In mathematical logic, stratification is any consistent assignment of numbers to predicate symbols guaranteeing...
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Class (set theory) (redirect from Class (mathematics))
theory and its applications throughout mathematics, a class is a collection of sets (or sometimes other mathematical objects) that can be unambiguously defined...
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In mathematics, equality is a relationship between two quantities or expressions, stating that they have the same value, or represent the same mathematical...
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