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Named after Thoralf Skolem (1887–1963), Norwegian mathematician.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A function which replaces a variable bound by an existential quantifier which lies in the scope of an even number of logical negations; such function is a function of the remaining bound variables whose scope contain the given variable (being replaced). Full definition →
Named after Thoralf Skolem (1887–1963), Norwegian mathematician.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.