Re: [Metamath] How to Understand The "More Complicated" Expressions in Definitions

2023-05-31 Thread Jim Kingdon
The specific question of what it means for two restricted quantifiers to be next to each other is perhaps best answered by pointing to a simpler example like https://us.metamath.org/mpeuni/r19.12.html - the ∀푦 ∈ 퐵 ∃푥 ∈ 퐴 휑 there has the same syntax as ∀푎 ∈ (Base‘푔)∃푚 ∈ (Base‘푔)(푚(+g‘푔)푎) =

Re: [Metamath] How to Understand The "More Complicated" Expressions in Definitions

2023-05-31 Thread Mario Carneiro
The ∀푎 ∈ (Base‘푔) expression, or in ascii syntax "A. a e. (Base`g)" is the beginning of the restricted forall quantifier "A. x e. A ph" where you have highlighted just the "A. x e. A" part. It is read "for all x in A, ..." and denotes that some property "ph" holds for every x such that x e. A

[Metamath] How to Understand The "More Complicated" Expressions in Definitions

2023-05-31 Thread Humanities Clinic
Please pardon me for this rather basic question. I have read https://us.metamath.org/mpeuni/mmset.html, especially on the sections "The Axioms", "The Theory of Classes". I have basic knowledge on set theory and classical logic, so I understand all the black symbols in prepositional and