Class ORTHOGONAL-DIMENSION-SET


Slots on this class:

Documentation:
A set of orthogonal dimensions; i.e., dimensions that cannot be composed from each other.
Instance-Of: Class
Subclass-Of: Simple-set
Has-Instance:
(Setofall ?Dim
          (Exists (?Unit)
                  (And (Member ?Unit (Base-Units ?System))
                       (= ?Dim (Quantity.Dimension ?Unit)))))


Implication Axioms:

(=> (Member ?Dim ?Set-Of-Dimensions)
    (And (Physical-Dimension ?Dim)
         (Not (Dimension-Composable-From ?Dim
                                         (Difference 
                                             ?Set-Of-Dimensions
                                             (Setof ?Dim))))))


Equivalence Axioms:

(<=> (Orthogonal-Dimension-Set ?Set-Of-Dimensions)
     (And (Simple-Set ?Set-Of-Dimensions)
          (=> (Member ?Dim ?Set-Of-Dimensions)
              (And (Physical-Dimension ?Dim)
                   (Not (Dimension-Composable-From 
                            ?Dim
                            (Difference ?Set-Of-Dimensions
                                        (Setof ?Dim))))))))


Axioms:

(Simple-Set ?Set-Of-Dimensions)


Other Related Axioms:

(<=> (System-Of-Units ?System)
     (And (Class ?System)
          (Subclass-Of ?System Unit-Of-Measure)
          (=> (Instance-Of ?Unit ?System)
              (= (Standard-Unit ?System (Quantity.Dimension ?Unit))
                 ?Unit))
          (Value-Cardinality ?System Base-Units 1)
          (=> (Member ?Unit (Base-Units ?System))
              (Instance-Of ?Unit ?System))
          (Orthogonal-Dimension-Set 
              (Setofall ?Dim
                        (Exists (?Unit)
                                (And (Member ?Unit
                                             (Base-Units ?System))
                                     (= ?Dim
                                        (Quantity.Dimension ?Unit))))))))

(<=> (Orthogonal-Dimension-Set ?Set-Of-Dimensions)
     (And (Simple-Set ?Set-Of-Dimensions)
          (=> (Member ?Dim ?Set-Of-Dimensions)
              (And (Physical-Dimension ?Dim)
                   (Not (Dimension-Composable-From 
                            ?Dim
                            (Difference ?Set-Of-Dimensions
                                        (Setof ?Dim))))))))