Unique readability theorem

ID: unique-readability-theorem

The unique readability theorem asserts uniqueness of the outer formation rule and its immediate components in a logical formula. For the fully parenthesized language with negation and implication, every formula is uniquely a variable, a negation of one formula, or an implication between an ordered pair of formulas. It gives a well-defined syntax tree and licenses recursive definitions and structural induction on formulas.

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