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**Definition:** if an interpretation $I = (D,\alpha)$ the axioms $AxEq$ are true, then we call $\alpha(eq)$ (the interpretation of eq) a //congruence// relation for interpretation $I$. | **Definition:** if an interpretation $I = (D,\alpha)$ the axioms $AxEq$ are true, then we call $\alpha(eq)$ (the interpretation of eq) a //congruence// relation for interpretation $I$. | ||
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+ | **Remark:** Functions are a special case of relations. However, the condition above for function symbols is weaker than the condition for relation symbols. If $f$ is a function, then the relation $\{(x_1,\ldots,x_n,f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)) \mid x_1,\ldots,x_n \in D \}$ does not satisfy the congruence condition because it only has one result, namely $f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$, and not all the results that are in relation eq with $f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$. | ||
===== References ===== | ===== References ===== | ||
* [[Calculus of Computation Textbook]], Section 3.1 | * [[Calculus of Computation Textbook]], Section 3.1 | ||