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Second Question: Qualitative Case

The reasoning for this qualitative question is similar to the propositional question.

Theorem (c4): tex2html_wrap_inline4701

Proof !c4(c4): We begin with an instance of the first axiom for qualitative questions

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which, by definition of c3, can be written as

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Instantiating the axiom for reply we have

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and it follows from the two lines above that

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which by definition of c4 we can write as

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Due to the frame axioms, the conclusion established in the first question

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also holds in context c4.

Theorem (frame): tex2html_wrap_inline4655

Proof !frame(frame): We first instantiate the second axiom for qualitative questions to get

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The two lines above imply

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which, by definition of c3, can be written as

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Now we apply the following instance of the reply axiom

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to get

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which, by definition of c4, can be written as

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Sasa Buvac
Sun Jul 12 14:45:30 PDT 1998