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===Additional quantifiers=== Additional quantifiers can be added to first-order logic. * Sometimes it is useful to say that "{{math|''P''(''x'')}} holds for exactly one ''x''", which can be expressed as {{math|β!''x'' ''P''(''x'')}}. This notation, called [[uniqueness quantification]], may be taken to abbreviate a formula such as {{math|1=β''x'' (''P''(''x'') {{and}} β''y'' (''P''(''y'') β (''x'' = ''y'')))}}. *''First-order logic with extra quantifiers'' has new quantifiers ''Qx'',..., with meanings such as "there are many ''x'' such that ...". Also see [[branching quantifier]]s and the [[plural quantification|plural quantifier]]s of [[George Boolos]] and others. * ''[[Bounded quantifier]]s'' are often used in the study of set theory or arithmetic.
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