Godel’s completeness theorem

Any proof of the Completeness Theorem consists always of two parts.

First we have show that all formulas that have a proof are tautologies. This implication is also called a Soundness Theorem, or soundness part of the Completeness Theorem.

The second implication says: if a formula is a tautology then it has a proof. This alone is often called a Completeness Theorem. In our case, we call it a completeness part of the Completeness Theorem.

— Cse371, Math371, LOGIC, Fall 2011

— Professor Anita Wasilewska

2012.09.14 Friday ACHK

diff 5

這段改編自 2010 年 3 月 27 日的對話。

有一種電腦程式,叫做「diff」(差分),作用是比較兩個檔案,顯示它們的差別。例如,《維基百科》的文章不斷被人修改更新。如果你想知道《香港》條目,昨天和今天的版本有何不同,你只要「diff」了兩個版本就可以。亦即是話,「diff」程式會自動顯示兩個版本的差別,而毋須靠你自己「徒手」比較。

「diff」這個動詞概念,即使是對日常生活,也十分有用。例如,去年我和我物理碩士班的一位同學說:「我現在聽課時,再不會把教授講的所有東西,都記錄下來。無論是在心中還是紙上,做筆記時,我只會留意,我已知的和教授講的,有什麼差別。」換句話說,我 diff 了「自己所知」和「教授所講」。一方面,那節省了我大量心神時間。另一方面,那有助我把握重點,加強記憶。

— Me@2012.09.14

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