A CONSTRUCTIVE PROOF OF MCNAUGHTONS THEOREM IN INFINITE-VALUED LOGIC

Authors
Citation
D. Mundici, A CONSTRUCTIVE PROOF OF MCNAUGHTONS THEOREM IN INFINITE-VALUED LOGIC, The Journal of symbolic logic, 59(2), 1994, pp. 596-602
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics, Pure",Mathematics
ISSN journal
00224812
Volume
59
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
596 - 602
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4812(1994)59:2<596:ACPOMT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We give a constructive proof of McNaughton's theorem stating that ever y piecewise linear function with integral coefficients is representabl e by some sentence in the infinite-valued calculus of Lukasiewicz. For the proof we only use Minkowski's convex body theorem and the rudimen ts of piecewise linear topology.