• Structural induction is a proof method that is used in mathematical logic (e.g., in the proof of Łoś' theorem), computer science, graph theory, and some...
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    this generalization, known as structural induction, is used in mathematical logic and computer science. Mathematical induction in this extended sense is closely...
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  • Strong induction Structural induction Transfinite induction Epsilon-induction Parabolic induction Inductive reasoning, in logic Electromagnetic induction Electrostatic...
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  • is called structural induction. When the well-founded relation is set membership on the universal class, the technique is known as ∈-induction. See those...
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    The problem of induction is a philosophical problem that questions the rationality of predictions about unobserved things based on previous observations...
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  • {W}}_{x:A}B(x)}}.} The elimination rule for W-types works similarly to structural induction on trees. If, whenever a property (under the propositions-as-types...
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    as in the preceding sections, yields structural induction — a powerful generalization of mathematical induction widely used to derive proofs in mathematical...
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  • which are easier to reuse, and easier correct.ness proofs using structural induction. Lieberherr, Karl; Orleans, Doug; Ovlinger, Johan (October 2001)...
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    Mathematical induction Recursive data types Recursion Recursion (computer science) Structural induction Henkin, Leon (1960). "On Mathematical Induction". The...
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  • degree of probability. Unlike deductive reasoning (such as mathematical induction), where the conclusion is certain, given the premises are correct, inductive...
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  • Coinduction (redirect from Co-induction)
    concurrent interacting objects. Coinduction is the mathematical dual to structural induction.[citation needed] Coinductively defined data types are known as codata...
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    Structural functionalism, or simply functionalism, is "a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together...
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    Structuralism is an intellectual current and methodological approach, primarily in the social sciences, that interprets elements of human culture by way...
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  • f(...) using a lower-precedence root symbol g. In particular, by structural induction, a term f(...) is bigger than any term containing only symbols smaller...
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  • 1017/CBO9780511543326. ISBN 0-521-83449-X. Aubin, Raymond (1976), Mechanizing Structural Induction, EDI-INF-PHD, vol. 76–002, University of Edinburgh, hdl:1842/6649...
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    Chengjiang (October 26, 2018), Lecture 22: Recursive Definitions and Structural Induction (PDF) Kenneth Rosen (2011). Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications...
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  • theory of algorithms. Peano axioms Giuseppe Peano Mathematical induction Structural induction Recursive definition Naive set theory Element (mathematics)...
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  • expression and symbol rules as base cases, it is possible to prove with structural induction that any regular expression may be converted into an equivalent NFA...
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  • G'} . We prove that all positions are equivalent to a nimber by structural induction. The more specific result, that the given game's initial position...
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  • Labor induction is the procedure where a medical professional starts the process of labor (giving birth) instead of letting it start on its own. Labor...
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    All structurally recursive functions on finite (inductively defined) data structures can easily be shown to terminate, via structural induction: intuitively...
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  • special construct in which such polytypic functions can be defined via structural induction over the structure of the pattern functor of a regular datatype....
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  • constructive. Using the closure properties of Büchi automata and structural induction over the definition of ω-regular language, it can be easily shown...
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  • above by some F G H k {\displaystyle FGH_{k}} . This can be shown by structural induction on the definitions of primitive recursive functions. However, the...
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    theorems is standard in Dafny with recursion employed for induction (typically, structural induction). Case analysis is performed using match statements and...
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  • philosophical foundations of analytic induction originate from Aristotle and his concept of induction. Analytic induction can be thought of as a phenomenological...
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  • An example is shown in lines 11 to 13 of the toy example below. Structural induction. This rule allows for synthesis of recursive functions. For a given...
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  • Partial Algebras. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.92.6134. Horst Reichel (1984). Structural induction on partial algebras. Akademie-Verlag. Horst Reichel (1987). Initial...
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  • In the philosophy of science, the pessimistic induction, also known as the pessimistic meta-induction, is an argument which seeks to rebut scientific...
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    An audio induction loop system (also called an audio-frequency induction loop or AFIL, or a hearing loop) is an assistive listening device for individuals...
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