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A prolongation operator transfers a coarse-grid correction to a finer mesh. For nested one-dimensional grids of spacings $2h$ and $h$, linear interpolation sets $(Pe{)}_{2j}=e_j$ and $(Pe{)}_{2j+1}=(e_j+e_{j+1})/2$, with zero endpoint values for homogeneous correction boundary conditions. The associated full-weighting restriction is $R=P^T/2$, and the Galerkin coarse-grid operator is $R{A}_{h}P$. The correction equation acts on the residual so that a coarse representation of the error can improve the fine-grid approximation.

A coarse-grid operator represents the equation solved for an error correction on the coarser level of a multigrid method. It may be obtained by rediscretizing the differential equation at the coarse spacing, or through the Galerkin coarse-grid operator formula displayed above. Here $R$ transfers residuals to the coarse grid and $P$ transfers coarse corrections to the fine grid. The right-side and operator scalings must be consistent with the chosen transfer convention.

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A salt of morphine. Formulation, route and concentration matter to dose interpretation.

Suppositoria Morphiae is morphine-containing suppositories. The solid vehicle and route distinguish the preparation from an oral liquid.^[ref]

Trochisci Morphiae is morphine-containing lozenges. The unit dosage form is distinct from a mass of pure morphine salt.^[ref]

Trochisci Morphiae et Ipecacuanhae is lozenges combining morphine and ipecacuanha. The combined formulation differs from lozenges containing morphine alone.^[ref]

Let $U\subseteq \mathbb{C}$ be open, let $L$ be a straight line, and let $f:U\to \mathbb{C}$ be continuous on $U$ and holomorphic on $U\setminus L$. Then $f$ is holomorphic on all of $U$. Near a point of $L$, work in a disk whose closure lies in $U$. Split a small filled triangle along $L$ and triangulate the two resulting convex polygons. Translate each triangle slightly into its corresponding open half-plane, keeping it in $U$. Its contour integral is zero by Cauchy's integral theorem. On each segment the integral is the endpoint difference times the integral of $f$ along the unit-interval parametrization; uniform continuity on a containing compact disk therefore makes the contour integral continuous as the vertices move back. Each untranslated piece consequently has zero integral. Internal oriented edges cancel when the pieces are added, so every small triangle has zero integral. Morera's theorem proves the claim locally along the line. The continuity across $L$ is essential; holomorphicity on the two sides alone is insufficient.

A map $A:X\to X^{\ast }$ on a real Banach space is a monotone operator exactly when the displayed scalar function is nondecreasing on $[0,1]$ for every $u,v\in X$. Applying operator monotonicity to $u+tv$ and $u+sv$, $s<t$, gives $(t-s)(\phi (t)-\phi (s))\ge 0$. Conversely take $u=y$, $v=x-y$ and compare the endpoints to recover $⟨A(x)-A(y),x-y⟩\ge 0$. No continuity or differentiation of $A$ is needed.

A map from a subset of a real Banach space to its continuous dual space is strongly monotone if the displayed inequality holds for every pair in its domain, with one constant $m>0$. The brackets denote the dual pairing. This implies strict monotonicity for distinct arguments. Fixing $v=u_0$ and applying the dual norm inequality gives $⟨A(u),u-u_0⟩\ge m\Vert u-u_0{\Vert }^2-\Vert A(u_0)\Vert \Vert u-u_0\Vert$, so it is a nonlinear coercive operator with respect to $u_0$.

A state monad layered over a base computational monad. An unsuccessful base computation may return no final program state; this matters when combining it with an exception monad transformer.

An unlabelled exception can be represented by an algebraic data type with successful and failed alternatives, sequenced inside a base computational monad. Sequencing skips the next computation after failure; a handler runs an alternative computation. The base effects already performed need not be undone.

A continuation monad whose final answer is computed in a base computational monad. The answer type $R$ is fixed throughout a computation.

A formal verification method that encodes a bounded execution and a violated specification as a Boolean satisfiability problem. A satisfying assignment yields a counterexample. For infinite-path properties, a lasso path can finitely represent a repeated execution. Failure to find a counterexample at one finite bound alone does not prove an unbounded property.^[ref]

For a state formula $\phi$ in a fixed labelled transition system, its satisfaction set is $\{s\in S:s\models \phi \}$. This is a set of states; it is distinct from the assertion that every initial state satisfies the formula.

A modal operator forms a new formula from a formula, such as $A\mapsto \square A$. In provability logic, it represents an assertion that a proof of $A$ exists, rather than an assertion that $A$ is true. A box is not interchangeable with an unboxed formula.

Provability logic studies modal principles valid when $\square A$ is interpreted by an arithmetical provability predicate. The distribution axiom corresponds to formalized modus ponens rule, necessitation corresponds to verification of actual proofs, and the Löb axiom is the Internal form of Löb's theorem. The standard system capturing these principles is Gödel-Löb logic.

The necessitation rule permits boxing a theorem in a modal proof system. It does not permit boxing an arbitrary temporary assumption. Under an arithmetic interpretation, it uses the external first of the derivability conditions: an actual proof of $A$ supplies a proof that $A$ has a proof. This distinction matters when proving the Internal form of Löb's theorem.

Positive introspection says that a boxed assertion can itself be boxed. For an arithmetical provability predicate it is the third of the Hilbert-Bernays-Löb derivability conditions: provability of $A$ implies provability of the assertion that $A$ is provable. It follows from formalized Sigma-1 completeness when provability assertions are Sigma-1. It is not the reflection principle $\square A\to A$.

An occurrence of a propositional variable in a modal formula is modalized if it lies within the scope of a box operator. A variable occurs modalized in a formula when all its occurrences do. For example $p$ is modalized in $\square p\to q$, while $q$ is not. Fixed-point and uniqueness theorems for Gödel-Löb logic impose this syntactic condition on the variable being solved for.