I must honestly to say that I cannot understand what and where, how to use the quantifier when its combined with logic connective, specifically implication and conjunction
In the someone's lecture, they have the problem:
"If a user is active, at least one network link will be available."
So let:
A(u) represent “User u is active.”
S(n, x) represent “Network link n is state x"
The result is: ∃u A(u) → ∃n S(n,available) , although I almost see ∃ is usually come with the "∧" conjunctions.So, I was think like Why can not it be: ∃u A(u) ∧ ∃n S(n,available)
In short, is that "the quantifier" is not mostly decided "What the logic connective" can be? and We have to based on the context to decide the logic connective too ?Thanks all
True, but in this case, the '→' is outside of the scope of the first '∃'. Shown with implicit bracketing:
∃u [ A(u) ] → ∃n [ S(n, available) ]
That is not a conditional statement. It states, in effect, that user u is active and that at least one link is active.