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| | The eminent proof theorist and philosopher of mathematics William Walker ("Bill") Tait died March 15, 2024 in Chicago. He was 95. Bill was born on January 22, 1929, in Freeport, NY, and...
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| | Gödel's incompleteness theorems have been hailed as "the greatest mathematical discoveries of the 20th century" - indeed, the theorems apply not only to mathematics, but all formal systems and have deep implications for science, logic, computer science, philosophy, and so on. In this post, I'll give a simple but rigorous sketch of Gödel's First Incompleteness ...
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| | [AI summary] A blog post explores the philosophical conflict between mathematical pluralism and logical consistency using Peano Arithmetic, followed by a comment section debating the implications for semantic meaning and privileged models.
| | math.andrej.com
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| [AI summary] A technical discussion distinguishing between proof by contradiction and proof of negation within the context of classical and intuitionistic logic.