Talk:Function symbol

The content of Uninterpreted function was merged into Function symbol on 2025-09-02. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

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Is "map" also used in the same sense as "mapping"? ta3ee

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"In formal logic and related branches of mathematics, a functional predicate, or function symbol, is a logical symbol that may be applied to an object term to produce another object term."

Logical symbol? Object term? --Abdull (talk) 09:12, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And also: "In a model, a function symbol will be modelled by a function." ... So, a functional predicate is a generalization of functions in mathematics? What are other examples of applications of functional predicates in "other sciences" than mathematics? --Abdull (talk) 15:37, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Function symbol" vs. "function symbol (logic)"

I noticed that one of these redirect pages points to functional predicate, but the other one leads to uninterpreted function. What is the reason for this inconsistency? Jarble (talk) 15:42, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

These definitely need to be merged. Both pages describe roughly the same concept and use the phrase "Function symbol". I can't find any reliable sources that use "Functional predicate" or "Uninterpreted function" as the primary term, so I'll move the main page to "Function symbol".

I don't think any of this is controversial (these are low-priority articles, with a pretty clear need to merge), so I'll just perform the merge and if someone disagrees, we can discuss then. – Farkle Griffen (talk) 21:23, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]