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Re: A question of logical terminology

Subject: Re: A question of logical terminology
From: "Karl-Olav Nyberg"
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:32:09 +0100
Newsgroups: sci.math, sci.logic
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> Suppose P is a proof of the proposition q. Is there a standard name for
> q as a function of P?
>
> For example, in the special case that the proof P consists of p, p->q,
> and an application of modus ponens to derive q, then q is called the
> 'consequent'.
>
> Is there a standard word for the thing that a more general proof
> proves?
>
> (I'm just trying to give a function in a computer program a sensible
> name. Things like 'target', 'result, 'goal' or 'end' just don't seem
> descriptive enough to me...)
>

Hi.

Maybe "corollary" is the word you're looking for?

Karl-Olav 



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