Differential Logic • 15

Differential Fields

The structure of a differential field may be described as follows.  With each point of X there is associated an object of the following type:  a proposition about changes in X, that is, a proposition g : \mathrm{d}X \to \mathbb{B}.  In that frame of reference, if {X^\bullet} is the universe generated by the set of coordinate propositions \{ p, q \} then \mathrm{d}X^\bullet is the differential universe generated by the set of differential propositions \{ \mathrm{d}p, \mathrm{d}q \}.  The differential propositions \mathrm{d}p and \mathrm{d}q may thus be interpreted as indicating ``\text{change in}~ p" and ``\text{change in}~ q", respectively.

A differential operator \mathrm{W}, of the first order type we are currently considering, takes a proposition f : X \to \mathbb{B} and gives back a differential proposition \mathrm{W}f : \mathrm{E}X \to \mathbb{B}.  In the field view of the scene, we see the proposition f : X \to \mathbb{B} as a scalar field and we see the differential proposition \mathrm{W}f : \mathrm{E}X \to \mathbb{B} as a vector field, specifically, a field of propositions about contemplated changes in X.

The field of changes produced by \mathrm{E} on pq is shown in the following venn diagram.

Enlargement E(pq) : EX → B
\text{Enlargement}~ \mathrm{E}(pq) : \mathrm{E}X \to \mathbb{B}

\begin{array}{rcccccc}  \mathrm{E}(pq)   & = & p & \cdot & q & \cdot &  \texttt{(} \mathrm{d}p \texttt{)(} \mathrm{d}q \texttt{)}  \\[4pt]  & + & p & \cdot & \texttt{(} q \texttt{)} & \cdot &  \texttt{(} \mathrm{d}p \texttt{)~} \mathrm{d}q \texttt{~}  \\[4pt]  & + & \texttt{(} p \texttt{)} & \cdot & q & \cdot &  \texttt{~} \mathrm{d}p \texttt{~(} \mathrm{d}q \texttt{)}  \\[4pt]  & + & \texttt{(} p \texttt{)} & \cdot & \texttt{(} q \texttt{)} & \cdot &  \texttt{~} \mathrm{d}p \texttt{~~} \mathrm{d}q \texttt{~}  \end{array}

The differential field \mathrm{E}(pq) specifies the changes which need to be made from each point of X in order to reach one of the models of the proposition pq, that is, in order to satisfy the proposition pq.

The field of changes produced by \mathrm{D} on pq is shown in the following venn diagram.

Differential D(pq) : EX → B
\text{Difference}~ \mathrm{D}(pq) : \mathrm{E}X \to \mathbb{B}

\begin{array}{rcccccc}  \mathrm{D}(pq)   & = & p & \cdot & q & \cdot &  \texttt{((} \mathrm{d}p \texttt{)(} \mathrm{d}q \texttt{))}  \\[4pt]  & + & p & \cdot & \texttt{(} q \texttt{)} & \cdot &  \texttt{~(} \mathrm{d}p \texttt{)~} \mathrm{d}q \texttt{~~}  \\[4pt]  & + & \texttt{(} p \texttt{)} & \cdot & q & \cdot &  \texttt{~~} \mathrm{d}p \texttt{~(} \mathrm{d}q \texttt{)~}  \\[4pt]  & + & \texttt{(} p \texttt{)} & \cdot & \texttt{(}q \texttt{)} & \cdot &  \texttt{~~} \mathrm{d}p \texttt{~~} \mathrm{d}q \texttt{~~}  \end{array}

The differential field \mathrm{D}(pq) specifies the changes which need to be made from each point of X in order to feel a change in the felt value of the field pq.

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