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teaching:topics:number:axioms-formal [2024/03/14 12:43] simon [logic, mathematics, the world and philosophical considerations] |
teaching:topics:number:axioms-formal [2024/05/02 09:36] simon [using 'sets' to describe the properties of numbers] |
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* this is exactly what we do when we use a pronumeral in algebra | * this is exactly what we do when we use a pronumeral in algebra | ||
* `forall b in ccN quad` then means: for all `b` in `ccN` | * `forall b in ccN quad` then means: for all `b` in `ccN` | ||
- | * in other words ... "for every possible `b` that we could choose from `ccN` ..." | + | * in other words: "for every possible `b` that we could choose from `ccN` ..." |
* `exists c in ccN quad` means: there exists something we will call `c` in `ccN` | * `exists c in ccN quad` means: there exists something we will call `c` in `ccN` | ||
* in other words ... "we can always find some suitable element `c` in this particular collection called `ccN` ..." (usually with some property that will be given given next). | * in other words ... "we can always find some suitable element `c` in this particular collection called `ccN` ..." (usually with some property that will be given given next). |