[Inquiry] Re: Propositions As Types -- Series A
Jon Awbrey
jawbrey at att.net
Wed Jun 23 21:44:30 CDT 2004
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PAT. Note A11
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Self-Documentation
Observation. Notice the "self-documenting" property
of proof developments in the existential graph format,
that is, the property of a developing structure that
remembers its own history.
For example, the development of the Identity combinator:
x = (xK)(xK) = x(K(KS))
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| |
| A |
| @ |
| |
| "1" |
| |
o===========================================================o
| |
| B A |
| o-----o |
| | |
| B A | A |
| o-----o ............[o]----o |
| | . | |
| A | . A | |
| o----[o]........... o-----o |
| | | |
| | | |
| @ @ |
| |
| "2" "3" |
| |
o===========================================================o
| |
| B A B A |
| o-----o o-----o |
| | | |
| | A A | A A |
| o-----o o-----o [1]----o |
| | | | |
| A | | | |
| o-----o [2]---------------o |
| | | |
| | | |
| [3]---------------o |
| | |
| | |
| @ |
| |
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Jon Awbrey
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