Simple Equational Specifications of Rational Arithmetic

We exhibit an initial specification of the rational numbers equipped with addition, subtraction, multiplication, greatest integer function, and absolute value. Our specification uses only the sort of rational numbers. It uses one hidden function; that function is unary. But it does not use an e...

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Main Author: Lawrence S. Moss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 2001-12-01
Series:Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://www.dmtcs.org/dmtcs-ojs/index.php/dmtcs/article/view/147

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