Foundations of Mathematics

Mathematical and Formal Logic

What is a quantifier in predicate calculus?

A sentence or many sentences containing a variable (such as x) can be made into true or false propositions simply by using a quantifier. The quantifier actually assigns a truth value to the sentence, depending on the set of values allowed for that variable. There are two major quantifiers: the existential and universal quantifiers, which are represented by the logical operator symbols of Image and Image, respectively, although there are more exotic types of logic that use different quantifiers.



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