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Turnstile


The turnstile is the symbol |-. In mathematical logic, Gamma|-phi means that the formula phi is syntactically deducible from the assumptions in Gamma. In the theory of integer partitions, the notation lambda|-n means that lambda is a partition of n.


See also

Deduction, Partition, Sequent Calculus

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References

Andrews, G. E. The Theory of Partitions. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998.Enderton, H. B. A Mathematical Introduction to Logic. New York: Academic Press, 1972.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Turnstile." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Turnstile.html

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