assign(max_seconds, 30). %------------------------------------------------------------------------------ % File : MGT025+1 : TPTP v3.0.1. Released v2.0.0. % Domain : Management (Organisation Theory) % Problem : Constant population means opposite growth rates % Version : [PB+94] axioms : Reduced & Augmented > Complete. % English : If one of the two subpopulations has positive growth rate, % then the other subpopulation must have negative growth rate % if the total number of organizations is constant. % Refs : [PM93] Peli & Masuch (1993), The Logic of Propogation Strateg % : [PM94] Peli & Masuch (1994), The Logic of Propogation Strateg % : [Kam95] Kamps (1995), Email to G. Sutcliffe % Source : [Kam95] % Names : % Status : Theorem % Rating : 0.44 v2.7.0, 0.50 v2.6.0, 0.43 v2.5.0, 0.38 v2.4.0, 0.50 v2.3.0, 0.33 v2.2.1, 0.00 v2.1.0 % Syntax : Number of formulae : 8 ( 0 unit) % Number of atoms : 49 ( 9 equality) % Maximal formula depth : 9 ( 7 average) % Number of connectives : 41 ( 0 ~ ; 6 |; 23 &) % ( 0 <=>; 12 =>; 0 <=) % ( 0 <~>; 0 ~|; 0 ~&) % Number of predicates : 9 ( 0 propositional; 1-4 arity) % Number of functors : 7 ( 3 constant; 0-2 arity) % Number of variables : 20 ( 0 singleton; 20 !; 0 ?) % Maximal term depth : 3 ( 1 average) % Comments : % : tptp2X -f mace4 MGT025+1.p %------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %----NOTE WELL: conjecture has been negated set(prolog_style_variables). formulas(assumptions). % mp_only_members, axiom. ( all E ( all X ( all T ( ( environment(E) & subpopulation(X,E,T) & ( greater(cardinality_at_time(X,T),zero) -> ( X = efficient_producers | X = first_movers ) ) ) -> number_of_organizations(E,T) = sum(cardinality_at_time(first_movers,T),cardinality_at_time(efficient_producers,T)) ) ) ) ). % mp_subpopulations, axiom. ( all E ( all T ( ( environment(E) & in_environment(E,T) ) -> ( subpopulation(first_movers,E,T) & subpopulation(efficient_producers,E,T) ) ) ) ). % mp_abc_sum_increase, axiom. ( all A ( all B ( all C ( ( A = sum(B,C) & constant(A) ) -> ( ( constant(B) & constant(C) ) | ( increases(B) & decreases(C) ) | ( decreases(B) & increases(C) ) ) ) ) ) ). % mp_growth_rate, axiom. ( all X ( all E ( all T ( ( environment(E) & in_environment(E,T) & subpopulation(X,E,T) & greater(cardinality_at_time(X,T),zero) ) -> ( ( constant(cardinality_at_time(X,T)) -> growth_rate(X,T) = zero ) & ( increases(cardinality_at_time(X,T)) -> greater(growth_rate(X,T),zero) ) & ( decreases(cardinality_at_time(X,T)) -> greater(zero,growth_rate(X,T)) ) ) ) ) ) ). % mp_non_zero_producers, axiom. ( all E ( all T ( ( environment(E) & subpopulations(first_movers,efficient_producers,E,T) ) -> ( greater(cardinality_at_time(first_movers,T),zero) & greater(cardinality_at_time(efficient_producers,T),zero) ) ) ) ). % mp_time_point_occur, axiom. ( all E ( all T ( ( environment(E) & subpopulations(first_movers,efficient_producers,E,T) ) -> in_environment(E,T) ) ) ). % a9, hypothesis. ( all E ( all X ( all T ( ( environment(E) & subpopulation(X,E,T) & greater(cardinality_at_time(X,T),zero) ) -> ( X = efficient_producers | X = first_movers ) ) ) ) ). % prove_l7, negated_conjecture. -(( ( all E ( all T ( ( environment(E) & subpopulations(first_movers,efficient_producers,E,T) & constant(number_of_organizations(E,T)) ) -> ( ( growth_rate(first_movers,T) = zero & growth_rate(efficient_producers,T) = zero ) | ( greater(growth_rate(first_movers,T),zero) & greater(zero,growth_rate(efficient_producers,T)) ) | ( greater(growth_rate(efficient_producers,T),zero) & greater(zero,growth_rate(first_movers,T)) ) ) ) ) ) )). end_of_list. %------------------------------------------------------------------------------