A4.8
Let be a set of primitive propositions. Let denote the set of all compound propositions over , and let be a subset of . Consider the relation on defined by
Prove that is reflexive and transitive. Deduce that if we define by if and only if and , then is an equivalence relation and the quotient is partially ordered by the relation induced by (that is, if and only if , where square brackets denote equivalence classes).
Assuming the result that is a Boolean algebra with lattice operations induced by the logical operations on (that is, , etc.), show that there is a bijection between the following two sets:
(a) The set of lattice homomorphisms .
(b) The set of models of the propositional theory .
Deduce that the completeness theorem for propositional logic is equivalent to the assertion that, for any Boolean algebra with more than one element, there exists a homomorphism .
[You may assume the result that the completeness theorem implies the compactness theorem.]