Talk:Davis–Putnam algorithm

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Move?

User:Jon Awbrey (now permanently blocked) moved this article from Davis-Putnam algorithm to Davis-Putnam algorithm (if that's too subtle to see, he replaced the simple hyphen with a slightly longer en dash. While some manuals of style recommend this, I don't think it is appropriate here - Wikipedia rule is to use the most well-known name, and most people do not even know about different dashes, let alone how to type them on a normal keyboard (the last includes me...). So I suggest to move it back. Any coments? --Stephan Schulz 06:48, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The long dash convention was a math project one. In my opinion, it was a bad choice; anyway, this article is about computer science, so I do not see how that convention affects this article User:Tizio. 11:09, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As of the now, the manual of style recommends the en dash, so I've moved it back. Algebraist 12:32, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jon may have committed crimes, but en-dash wasn't one of them. linas (talk) 00:53, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Technical

What is a ground formula? Also, I can read the Resolution (logic) article without problem, and while I'm not a logic expert, I studied a bit about first order logic and resolution in some courses, so definitely the article is not accessible enough currently, IMHO. --Blaisorblade (talk) 19:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

the problem is not being too technical. It's about missing the definition of "ground instance". The article is written accessibly enough that I get the feeling if it were defined, things would be a lot clearer. I'll add the appropriate tag and remove the inappropriate technical tag. --C S (talk) 12:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]