Inferences over fields : a preliminary investigation into the deductive capabilities of field-theoretically defined logical connectives / by Charles Crumpler.

Author/creator Crumpler, Charles author.
Other author Robinson, Zachary, degree supervisor.
Other author East Carolina University. Department of Mathematics.
Format Theses and dissertations
Publication[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2023.
Description1 online resource (49 pages) : illustrations
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Variant title Inferences over fields a preliminary investigation into the deductive capabilities of field-theoretically defined logical connectives
Summary In this paper, we will be concerned with developing an inferential structure over the field with four elements in characteristic 2. We begin by discussing the historical context in which this research occurs. In subsequent sections, we will construct the field, called F₄ and describing the algebraic structure over F₄. We then define the connectives [wedge], [vee], and [negation] over F₄ by extending their standard definition over F₂. We define the basic syntax and semantics of F₄. We show that [wedge] and [vee] are dual over F₄ with respect to [negation] and that F₄ is functionally complete over {[wedge], [vee], [negation] } [union] F₄. We develop a notion of inferences over F₄ by imbuing it with a partial order, defining validity and the material implication, and defining a proof. Upon completing this, we prove the Deduction, Soundness, and Completeness Theorems, thereby showing that inferences over F₄ behaves in ways comparable to, but not equivalent to, those over a field of two values in characteristic 2.
General notePresented to the Faculty of the Department of Mathematics
General noteAdvisor: Zachary Robinson
General noteTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed August 27, 2024).
Dissertation noteM.A. East Carolina University 2023.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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