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nickdrozd.github.io
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| | | | | Goedel's first incompleteness theorem is the claim that any sound, consistent formal system of sufficient power is incomplete; that is, there are statements in the language of the system that can neither be proved nor disproved. Traditionally the theorem is proved by exhbiting a statement g which is provably equivalent to a statement encoding its own disprovability in the system S. | |
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dvt.name
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| | | | | In the previous blog post in this series, we looked at Gödel's First Incompleteness Theorem, and came to the amazing conclusion that we can't compute certain kinds of functions in formal systems (like Javascript). Specifically, we looked at a special function, , which turned out to be non-computable. In case we forgot, the first incompleteness ... | |
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unstableontology.com
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| | | | | (note: one may find the embedded LaTeX more readable on LessWrong) The Löwenheim-Skolem theorem implies, among other things, that any first-order theory whose symbols are countable, and which has an infinite model, has a countably infinite model. This means that, in attempting to refer to uncountably infinite structures (such as in set theory), one "may... | |
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www.thoughtexperiments.net
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| | | Quantum Mechanics is a strange and counterintuitive theory. Dealing with the behaviour of subatomic particles, it is extremely difficult to reconcile with our experience of everyday life. Niels Boh... | ||
