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boolean-valued function

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A boolean-valued function is a function of type f : X → 𝔹, where X is an arbitrary set and where 𝔹 is a boolean domain.

A boolean function (of finite arity k) is a boolean-valued function of type f : 𝔹k → 𝔹.

In some contexts a boolean-valued function may be referred to as a predicate or a proposition. In other contexts these terms may be used to describe the syntactic entities that denote or express boolean-valued functions, or that have boolean-valued functions among their canonical or intended models. When necessary to avoid confusion, terms like propositional expression or predicate formula may be used to distinguish signs from their objects.


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See Also: boolean domain

Other names:  characteristic function, indicator function, predicate, proposition
Also defines:  boolean function

Cross-references: arity, boolean domain, type, function
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Physics Classification: 02. (Mathematical methods in physics)
 02.10.Ab (Logic and set theory)
 02.10.Hh (Rings and algebras)
 02.10.Ox (Combinatorics; graph theory)
 02.50.Cw (Probability theory)
 02.50.Tt (Inference methods)
 02.70.Wz (Symbolic computation )

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