1 Alphabet
The alphabet of a language is the set of symbols used in it.
1.1 SL alphabet
The alphabet of SL is comprised of three sorts of symbol:
- Upper-case letters, with or without numerical subscripts (e.g., \(A, B, A_{1}, A_{23},\) etc.)
- Logical connectives \(\neg, \vee, \wedge, \to, \leftrightarrow\)
- (Parentheses) and [brackets]
1.2 FOL alphabet
The alphabet of FOL is comprised of all of the symbols in SL and, in addition:
- Quantifiers \(\forall\) and \(\exists\)
- Lower-case letters \(a \ldots z\)