mathematical logic, Goodstein's theorem is a statement about the natural numbers, proved by Reuben Goodstein in 1944, which states that every Goodstein sequence...
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system of second-order arithmetic. Kirby and Paris later showed that Goodstein's theorem, a statement about sequences of natural numbers somewhat simpler...
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Essays on the foundations of mathematics." Goodstein's theorem was among the earliest examples of theorems found to be unprovable in Peano arithmetic...
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proved to not be a theorem of the ambient theory, although they can be proved in a wider theory. An example is Goodstein's theorem, which can be stated...
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Kruskal's tree theorem can be expressed and proven using second-order arithmetic. However, like Goodstein's theorem or the Paris–Harrington theorem, some special...
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Ramsey theory (redirect from Ramsey-type theorem)
the density version of the Hales-Jewett theorem. Ergodic Ramsey theory Extremal graph theory Goodstein's theorem Bartel Leendert van der Waerden Discrepancy...
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functions such as the Ackermann function. Goodstein's theorem Kanamori–McAloon theorem Kruskal's tree theorem Ketonen, Jussi; Solovay, Robert (1981). "Rapidly...
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Glivenko's theorem (mathematical logic) Gödel's completeness theorem (mathematical logic) Gödel's incompleteness theorem (mathematical logic) Goodstein's theorem...
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Peano arithmetic in which Goodstein's theorem fails. It can be proved in Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory that Goodstein's theorem holds in the standard model...
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acceptable on basis of a philosophy of mathematics called predicativism. Goodstein's theorem is a statement about the Ramsey theory of the natural numbers that...
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List of mathematical proofs (section Theorems of which articles are primarily devoted to proving them)
theorem Goodstein's theorem Green's theorem (to do) Green's theorem when D is a simple region Heine–Borel theorem Intermediate value theorem Itô's lemma...
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proof of Goodstein's theorem). Its use by Gentzen to prove the consistency of Peano arithmetic, along with Gödel's second incompleteness theorem, show that...
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Friedman's SSCG function (category Theorems in discrete mathematics)
proposed and studied by Harvey Friedman. Goodstein's theorem Paris–Harrington theorem Kanamori–McAloon theorem [FOM] 274:Subcubic Graph Numbers [FOM] 279:Subcubic...
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Gentzen's consistency proof (redirect from Gentzen's theorem)
Paris proved in 1982 that Goodstein's theorem cannot be proven in Peano arithmetic. Their proof was based on Gentzen's theorem. See Kleene (2009, pp. 476–499)...
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replaced by its negation. Theorems that can be proved in ZFC but cannot be proved using the Peano Axioms include Goodstein's theorem. The set of all natural...
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Tetration (redirect from Euler's infinite tetration theorem)
by Goodstein in his 1947 paper Transfinite Ordinals in Recursive Number Theory (generalizing the recursive base-representation used in Goodstein's theorem...
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Foundations of mathematics Frege's theorem Goodstein's theorem Neo-logicism Non-standard model of arithmetic Paris–Harrington theorem Presburger arithmetic Skolem...
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Welsh language Algorism – Mathematical technique for arithmetic Goodstein's theorem – Theorem about natural numbers History of ancient numeral systems – Symbols...
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arithmetic, however; an example of such a function is provided by Goodstein's theorem. The field of mathematical logic dealing with computability and its...
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( ω ) {\displaystyle \psi _{0}(\Omega _{\omega })=+0(\omega )} . Goodstein's theorem Kirby, Laurie; Paris, Jeff. "Accessible independence results for...
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Paris–Harrington theorem and Goodstein's theorem. The same applies to definability; see for example Tarski's undefinability theorem. In order to be more...
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reach the end of the rope in finite time. Achilles and the tortoise Goodstein's theorem Gardner, Martin (1982). aha! Gotcha: paradoxes to puzzle and delight...
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t ) {\displaystyle f(s)=f(t)} . Paris–Harrington theorem Goodstein's theorem Kruskal's tree theorem Kanamori, Akihiro; McAloon, Kenneth (1987), "On Gödel...
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De Morgan's laws (redirect from De Morgan's theorem)
logic and Boolean algebra, De Morgan's laws, also known as De Morgan's theorem, are a pair of transformation rules that are both valid rules of inference...
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taught social psychology at Leicester Reuben Goodstein, mathematician, proponent of Goodstein's theorem Cosmo Graham, Public law and Competition law specialist...
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geometry. This work, also introducing a preliminary form of the Nash–Moser theorem, was later recognized by the American Mathematical Society with the Leroy...
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Calculus (section Fundamental theorem)
curves. These two branches are related to each other by the fundamental theorem of calculus. They make use of the fundamental notions of convergence of...
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According to van der Waals, the theorem of corresponding states (or principle/law of corresponding states) indicates that all fluids, when compared at...
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floor function, which rounds down to the nearest integer. By Wilson's theorem, n + 1 {\displaystyle n+1} is prime if and only if n ! ≡ n ( mod n + 1...
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remained in retirement. He is perhaps best known for having formulated Löb's theorem in 1955. Löb grew up in Berlin, but escaped from the Third Reich, arriving...
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