Jun 19, 2022 · Why should unification in first order logic be limited to unification of first order terms? In first order logic, when unification is defined as a equation, it does not consider unification of formula …

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Jan 3, 2022 · I haven't though this through, but I think the answer is yes, but that the unification algorithm may not terminate, and that determining if it terminates for a particular case is as difficult as …

The Unification Algorithm is described at page 84. You have to recall the resolution calculus [page 29] : Resolution is a simple syntactic transformation applied to formulas. From two given formulas in a …

Oct 28, 2020 · 1 In first-order unification, which you seem to be discussing, that is possible assuming X and Z are variables and a is a constant. I'd suggest you check carefully assumptions about …

Feb 17, 2016 · Resolution and unification are important in logic programming if you want to understand how the inference engine works.

In a now deleted answer, sunflower gave a unification algorithm which has an explicit rule to that effect: "The unification of two functors with different name or arity fails."

Nov 22, 2013 · The usual simple unification algorithm will generate an mgu; basically just pick the simplest unification (unify variables to variables, not to some other constants/ground terms).

Jan 24, 2025 · One guiding principle where physics shadows axiomatic theories in mathematics is that the set of laws [axioms] in the theory should be, in some sense "minimal". (That is the philosophy …

Sep 22, 2024 · Suppose that V V is a non-trivial variety, and A A is a one-generated algebra in V V which is a subalgebra of a free algebra with n n generators. Is A A isomorphic to a subalgebra of the …