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June 17

Majority as logical quantifier

What kind of logical quantifier is that represented/expressed by the noun majority?--82.137.12.33 (talk) 11:08, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Normally it means more than half, so more than 50%. A recent example is the recent UK election. Before the election the Conservative party had a majority (of seats). But after the election they no longer have a majority, though they are still the largest party, so in a sense they won the election.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 12:13, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

So, in math notation, that would be "> 0.5". To give an example, let's say the story problem is "Prove that the 5,6,7,8 rolls of a pair of dice represent the majority of dice rolls". So, if we used R₂(5) to represent the probability of rolling a 5 with two dice, that statement becomes "Prove that R₂(5) + R₂(6) + R₂(7) + R₂(8) > 0.5". StuRat (talk) 17:27, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]