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Math students may not blink at calculating probabilities, measuring the area beneath curves or evaluating matrices, yet they often find themselves at sea when first confronted with writing proofs. But ...

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This week we discuss the completeness theorem for the propositional calculus. Details can be found in this handout. You should also read Lemmon Chapter 4 during the next two weeks.

The Story of Proof investigates the evolution of the concept of proof—one of the most significant and defining features of mathematical thought—through critical episodes in its history. From the ...

Abstract: The term substitution theorem is a vital theorem in mathematical logic that concerns the replacement operation of variables within terms. In this study, we present a comprehensive ...

Predicate pushdown is a widely adopted query optimization. Existing systems and prior work mostly use pattern-matching rules to decide when a predicate can be pushed through certain operators like ...

This is the GitHub repository of The Book of Statistical Proofs, available from StatProofBook.github.io, i.e. the repository that has to be forked when a new proof is to be added or when the website ...