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8/15/26

You need to know some propositional logic to be able to understand the tree tutorials to come. In particular, you need to know about the symbols used in propositional logic, truth tables, satisfiability, consistency, and semantic invalidity (by counter example). You do not need to know propositional rules of inference and derivations.

Howson [1997] will give you enough background.

Alternatively you could look at the first five propositional tutorials in Easy Deriver

There are the ordinary (non-modal) tree propositional rules plus

The Modal Negation (MN) rules

 

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◊ S5 world, k, must be new [here the computer will choose for you]

 

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□ S5 any world, stage 1, your choice

6/2/12

Review of Tree Propositional Rules, shown as patterns

Here the letters 'P' and 'Q' are being used to stand for entire well formed formulas (so, on a particular occasion,  'P' might stand for the atomic formula 'F' and, on another occasion, it might stand for the compound formula 'F&G').

6/3/12

You can try your own exercises here.

Here are a few hints

• You have to use the right (unicode/html) logical symbols. Check Writing symbols

• The symbols in use here are ~ & ∨ →  

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∃D. The constant, a, must be new to the branch [here the computer will choose for you]

 

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∀D. Any closed term, stage 1, your choice

∀D. Any closed term, stage 2, the constant 'a' chosen

8/15/26

Reading

[These might help, you need only scan them.]

K.H.Blasius et al. eds.[1990] Sorts and Types in Artificial Intelligence
Maria Manzano [1996] Extensions of First-Order Logic
John Sowa [2000] Knowledge Representation

8/15/26

Tutorial

Set theory is an extensive topic introduced elsewhere. It can be written as a first order theory.

There is one axiom schema, Abstraction (or Comprehension), which can generate infinitely many axioms

∀y(yε{x:Φ[x]}≡Φ[y])

Axiom Schema of Abstraction (or Specification or Comprehension). The Set Builder Axiom Schema.

And a number of other axioms

8/15/26

Tutorial

Notation

It is common in this setting (which is arithmetic) to use  functional terms like s(x), s(1), s(0) to mean the successor of x, 1, and 0, respectively. Equally common is the notation x', 1', and 0' to mean the same thing. The latter is quicker and shorter (though not semi-nmemonic)-- we will use it here.

8/15/26

Tutorial

Groups can be characterized by three proper symbols {=,+,0} (ie identity, one infix operator, we will use '+', and an identify element '0') and the three proper axioms

∀x∀y∀z((x+y)+z=x+(y+z)),  (*associativity*)
∀x(x+0=x&0+x=x),                (*identity element, right and left*) 
∀x∃y(x+y=0&y+x=0)             (*inverse*)