nLab
boolean-valued function

A boolean-valued function is a function from any set to the boolean domain {,}.

In classical logic, the definable boolean-valued functions on a type X correspond precisely to predicates on X. Assuming the law of excluded middle, the boolean-valued functions on X correspond precisely to the subsets of X; even in constructive mathematics, they corresond to the decidable subsets of X.

Revised on November 16, 2009 08:09:30 by Toby Bartels (173.60.119.197)