Introduction to Quantifiers
www.cs.odu.edu › quantificationThe universal quantifier turns, for example, the statement x > 1 to "for every object x in the universe, x > 1", which is expressed as "x x > 1". This new statement is true or false in the universe of discourse. Hence it is a proposition once the universe is specified. Similarly the existential quantifier turns, for example, the statement x > 1 to "for some object x in the universe, x > 1", which is expressed as "x x > 1." Again, it is true or false in the universe of discourse, and hence it ...