Exercise · ZW-GODELS-INCOMPLETENESS-006 · ★★☆ Intermediate

The incompleteness theorems require systems that can express...

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  • C. Enough arithmetic

Explanation

The theorems require that the system can represent numbers and basic operations, that is, enough arithmetic.

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Review the concept: Gödel’s incompleteness

A consistent system \(\mathcal{S}\) that represents enough arithmetic is incomplete: there is a formula \(\varphi\) that it can neither prove nor refute.

\[\\exists\\varphi\\,(\\mathcal{S}\\nvdash\\varphi\\land\\mathcal{S}\\nvdash\\neg\\varphi)\]

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