Logic for physical space.

Since the early days of physics, space has called for means to represent, experiment, and reason about it. Apart from physicists, the concept of space has intrigued also philosophers, mathematicians and, more recently, computer scientists. This longstanding interest has left us with a plethora of ma...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 186; no. 3; pp. 619 - 633
Autores principales: Aiello, Marco, Bezhanishvili, Guram, Bloch, Isabelle, Goranko, Valentin
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Publicado: Springer Nature May2012
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          University of Groningen, Groningen The Netherlands
          New Mexico State University, Las Cruces USA
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        Spacetime
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        Geometry
        Mathematical morphology
        Modal logic
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