Is it Appropriate to Use Big Vee and Big Wedge for Infinitary Logic?

In summary, sets unions and intersections can be written as A_1\cup A_2\cup\cdots\cup A_n and A_1\cap A_2\cap\cdots \cap A_n, both for a finite amount of sets and for an arbitrary collection of sets (A_i)_{i\in I}. Similarly, logical "or" and "and" of finite logical statements can be written as A_1 \lor A_2\lor\cdots \lor A_n and A_1 \land A_2\land\cdots \land A_n. However, for an infinite collection of logical statements, writing them as \bigvee_{i\in I} A
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jostpuur
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With finite amount of sets unions and intersections can be written as

[tex]
A_1\cup A_2\cup\cdots\cup A_n
[/tex]

and

[tex]
A_1\cap A_2\cap\cdots \cap A_n.
[/tex]

If we have an arbitrary collection of sets, [tex](A_i)_{i\in I}[/tex], then we can still write unions and intersections as

[tex]
\bigcup_{i\in I} A_i
[/tex]

and

[tex]
\bigcap_{i\in I} A_i.
[/tex]

If we have a finite amount of logical statements, then logical "or" and "and" of them can be written as

[tex]
A_1 \lor A_2\lor\cdots \lor A_n
[/tex]

and

[tex]
A_1 \land A_2\land\cdots \land A_n.
[/tex]

I don't think I've ever seen anything being done with arbitrary collections of logical statements. Have you? Is it okey to write something like this:

[tex]
\bigvee_{i\in I} A_i
[/tex]

and

[tex]
\bigwedge_{i\in I} A_i?
[/tex]
 
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If I is finite, this is legal. If I is infinite however, I don't know of any logic where this is legal, albeit meaning is clear, i.e. at least one proposition in I is true, all propositions in I are true.
 
  • #3
See "Infinitary Logic" Here:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-infinitary/"
 
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