Sentence examples for pair of arguments from inspiring English sources

But it is equally true that two quantifiers can bind two unsaturated positions associated with a function that takes a pair of arguments.

His logic is based on functional application rather than predication; so, a binary relation is analyzed as a binary function that maps a pair of arguments to a truth-value.

Averill 1992 presents a pair of arguments that also depend on difficulties that stem from trying to give a non-arbitrary account of normal observers and standard viewing conditions.

According to Frege, the proposition that John admires Mary combines an ordered pair of arguments with a functional component indicated by the transitive verb: Admires(John, Mary); where for any individual x, and any individual y, Admires x, y) = T if x admires y, and F otherwise.

In Frege's analysis, the verb phrase 'loves' signifies a binary function of two variables: L. This function takes a pair of arguments x and y and maps them to The True if x loves y and maps all other pairs of arguments to The False.

For example, solutions that correspond to conflict-free sets can be obtained by defining a constraint for each pair of arguments a and b with (a, b ) ∈ R, where the two variables may not be set to 1 at the same time.

Interestingly, relative distance measures can be additive, but only for uniform pairs of arguments (both confirmatory, or both disconfirmatory), as shown by Milne (forthcoming).

For many of the available semantics two effects can be observed: there exist arguments in the given af that do not appear in any extension (rejected arguments); there exist pairs of arguments that do not occur jointly in any extension, albeit there is no explicit conflict between them in the given af (implicit conflicts).

Nonlinear optimization relies on the following definitions for functions: The graph of a function f is the set of the pairs of arguments x and function evaluations f(x) Graph(f) = { (x, f(x) ) } The epigraph of a real-valued function f is the set of points above the graph Epi(f) = { (x, u) : f(x) ≤ u }.

A pair of disingenuous arguments fuel the Journal's claim that Mr Obama's policies have put a brake on the recovery.

WASHINGTON — At a pair of Supreme Court arguments on Tuesday, the justices returned to the question of what the Constitution has to say about harsh sentences imposed on juvenile offenders.