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Logic and Foundations

Also Known As Formal Logic
Logic, Foundations and Set Theory

The study of formal proof, mathematical truth, and the axiomatic bedrock the rest of mathematics rests on: set theory, model theory, proof theory and computability. David Hilbert's early twentieth century program sought to place all of mathematics on a finite, provably consistent axiomatic foundation; Kurt Godel's 1931 incompleteness theorems showed that any consistent formal system powerful enough to describe basic arithmetic must contain true statements it cannot prove, reshaping what a foundation for mathematics could even promise.

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Central Question
What are the ultimate foundations of mathematical truth and proof, and can they be made fully rigorous, consistent and complete? 1
Key Debate
Whether Godel's incompleteness theorems refuted Hilbert's program outright, or only its most literal, most ambitious form, leaving weaker finitist and relativized foundational projects, and later developments such as reverse mathematics, genuinely viable in its place. 1
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Pure or Applied
Pure Mathematics 2
The source ties the field to the foundations of mathematics; it also has applications in computer science.
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Source The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Algorithm, Concepts
Source Arity (Wikipedia)
Axiom, Concepts
Source Wikipedia: Axiom
Source Barcan Formula (Wikipedia)
Source Barwise Compactness Theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Beth Definability (Wikipedia)
Source Boolean Algebra (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Cantor's Diagonal Argument
Source Cantor's Theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Extension by new constant and function names (Wikipedia)
Source Continuum Hypothesis (Wikipedia)
Source Courcelle's theorem - Wikipedia
Source Craig's interpolation theorem, Wikipedia
Source The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Source De Morgan's laws - Wikipedia
Source Deduction Theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Diaconescu's theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Diagonal Lemma (Wikipedia)
Source Frege's theorem, Wikipedia
Source Friedberg-Muchnik theorem, Wikipedia
Source Gabbay's separation theorem - Wikipedia
Source The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Source Gerhard Gentzen (Wikipedia)
Source The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Additional Source Wikipedia: Godel's Incompleteness TheoremsLead section
Source Goodstein's theorem (Wikipedia)
Source MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Source Hermann Weyl (Wikipedia)
Infinity, Concepts
Source The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Source Kamp's theorem (Wikipedia)
Source The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Source Leonid Levin, Faculty Homepage, Boston University
Source Leopold Kronecker (Wikipedia)
Source Lindstrom's theorem, Wikipedia
Source The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Source Categorical theory
Source Negation (Wikipedia)
Source Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (Wikipedia)
Source Clay Mathematics Institute
Additional Source Wikipedia: P versus NP ProblemLogical characterizations section
Source Robinson's joint consistency theorem, Wikipedia
Source Omega-categorical theory (Wikipedia)
Source Sahlqvist formula (Wikipedia)
Source Sequent (Wikipedia)
Sets, Concepts
Source The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Source Absoluteness (logic) (Wikipedia)
Source Soundness (Wikipedia)
Source Stephen Cole Kleene (Wikipedia)
Source Stephen Cook, Faculty Homepage, University of Toronto
Source Tennenbaum's theorem (Wikipedia)
Source Thoralf Skolem (Wikipedia)
Source Turing degree (Wikipedia)
Zorn's Lemma, Theorems
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1. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford Universityhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-classical/
Quote, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-classical/
Typically, a logic consists of a formal or informal language together with a deductive system and/or a model-theoretic semantics.
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2. Mathematical Logic (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • History section
    also called logistic, symbolic logic, the algebra of logic, and, more recently, simply formal logic
  • Lead section
    Mathematical logic is the study of formal logic within mathematics.
  • Lead section, foundations
    Since its inception, mathematical logic has both contributed to and been motivated by the study of the foundations of mathematics.
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Cantor's Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Cantor's Theorem, lead
Quote, Includes: Cantor's Theorem, lead
Every set is smaller than its power set
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MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Associated With: Kurt Godel, https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Godel/
    He proved fundamental results about axiomatic systems, showing in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system.
  • Associated With: David Hilbert, https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hilbert/
    A systematic study of the axioms of Euclidean geometry led Hilbert to propose 21 such axioms and he analysed their significance.
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Continuum Hypothesis (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Continuum Hypothesis, Opening paragraph
Quote, Includes: Continuum Hypothesis, Opening paragraph
In mathematics, specifically set theory, the continuum hypothesis (abbreviated CH) is a hypothesis
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Wikipedia: Axiom
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Axiom, Mathematical logic section
Quote, Includes: Axiom, Mathematical logic section
In the field of mathematical logic, a clear distinction is made between two notions of axioms: logical and non-logical.
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Wikipedia: Cantor's Diagonal Argument
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Cantor's Diagonal Argument, lead paragraph, applications passage
Quote, Includes: Cantor's Diagonal Argument, lead paragraph, applications passage
it demonstrates a general technique that has since been used in a wide range of proofs, including the first of Godel's incompleteness theorems and Turing's answer to the Entscheidungsproblem.
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Wikipedia: P versus NP Problem
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: P versus NP, Logical characterizations section
Quote, Includes: P versus NP, Logical characterizations section
The P = NP problem can also be stated as a question about expressive power in descriptive complexity.
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Wikipedia: Godel's Incompleteness Theorems
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Godel's Incompleteness Theorems, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Godel's Incompleteness Theorems, Lead section
Godel's incompleteness theorems are two theorems of mathematical logic that are concerned with the limits of provability in formal axiomatic theories.
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Turing degree (Wikipedia)
Includes: Turing Degree, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Turing Degree, Lead sentence
In computer science and mathematical logic the Turing degree (named after Alan Turing) or degree of unsolvability of a set of natu
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Robinson's joint consistency theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Robinson's Joint Consistency Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Robinson's Joint Consistency Theorem, Lead sentence
nt consistency theorem is an important theorem of mathematical logic.
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Categorical theory
Includes: Morley's Categoricity Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Morley's Categoricity Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, a theory is categorical if it has exactly one model (up to isomorphism).
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Gabbay's separation theorem - Wikipedia
Includes: Gabbay's Separation Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Gabbay's Separation Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic and computer science, Gabbay's separation theorem states that any formula in linear temporal logic (LTL) wit
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Deduction Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Deduction Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Deduction Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, a deduction theorem is a metatheorem that justifies doing conditional proofs from a hypothesis in systems t
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Extension by new constant and function names (Wikipedia)
Includes: Conservativity Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Conservativity Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, a theory can be extended with new constants or function names under certain conditions with assurance that
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Sahlqvist formula (Wikipedia)
Includes: Sahlqvist Correspondence Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Sahlqvist Correspondence Theorem, Lead sentence
In modal logic, Sahlqvist formulas are a certain kind of modal formula with remarkable properties.
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Soundness (Wikipedia)
Includes: Soundness Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Soundness Theorem, Lead sentence
In logic, soundness can refer to either a property of arguments or a property of formal deductive systems.
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Arity (Wikipedia)
Includes: Arity, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Arity, Lead sentence
In logic, mathematics, and computer science, arity ( ) is the number of arguments or operands taken by a function, operation or re
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Negation (Wikipedia)
Includes: Negation, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Negation, Lead sentence
In logic, negation, also called the logical not or logical complement, is an operation that takes a proposition P to another propo
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Sequent (Wikipedia)
Includes: Sequent, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Sequent, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, a sequent is a very general kind of conditional assertion.
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Barcan Formula (Wikipedia)
Includes: Barcan Formula, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Barcan Formula, Lead sentence
In quantified modal logic, the Barcan formula and the converse Barcan formula (more accurately, schemata rather than formulas) (i)
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Friedberg-Muchnik theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Friedberg-Muchnik Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Craig's interpolation theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Craig Interpolation Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Craig Interpolation Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, Craig's interpolation theorem is a result about the relationship between different logical theories.
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Beth Definability (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Beth Definability Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Beth Definability Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, the Beth definability theorem is a fundamental result in logic that states a property implicitly defined by
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Lindstrom's theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Lindstrom's Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Omega-categorical theory (Wikipedia)
Includes: Ryll-Nardzewski Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Ryll-Nardzewski Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, an omega-categorical theory is a theory that has exactly one countably infinite model up to isomorphism.
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Absoluteness (logic) (Wikipedia)
Includes: Shoenfield's Absoluteness Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Shoenfield's Absoluteness Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, a formula is said to be absolute to some class of structures (also called models), if it has the same truth
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Courcelle's theorem - Wikipedia
Includes: Courcelle's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Courcelle's Theorem, Lead sentence
ph property definable in the monadic second-order logic of graphs can be decided in linear time on graphs of bounded treewidth.
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De Morgan's laws - Wikipedia
Includes: De Morgan's Laws, Lead sentenceView the Source
Diagonal Lemma (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Diagonal Lemma, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Diagonal Lemma, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, the diagonal lemma (also known as diagonalization lemma, self-reference lemma or fixed point theorem) estab
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Frege's theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Frege's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Frege's Theorem, Lead sentence
In metalogic and metamathematics, Frege's theorem is a metatheorem that states that the Peano axioms of arithmetic can be derived
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Barwise Compactness Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Barwise Compactness Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Barwise Compactness Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, the Barwise compactness theorem, named after Jon Barwise, is a generalization of the usual compactness theo
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Kamp's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Kamp's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Kamp's Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic and computer science, Kamp's theorem states that linear temporal logic is equivalent to the monadic first-or
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Diaconescu's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Diaconescu's Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Goodstein's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Goodstein's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Goodstein's Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematical logic, Goodstein's theorem is a statement about the natural numbers, proved by Reuben Goodstein in 1944, which sta
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Tennenbaum's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Tennenbaum's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Tennenbaum's Theorem, Lead sentence
who presented the theorem in 1959, is a result in mathematical logic that states that no countable nonstandard model of first-orde
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Thoralf Skolem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Thoralf Skolem, Lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Thoralf Skolem, Lead paragraph
mathematical logic
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Leopold Kronecker (Wikipedia)
Includes: Leopold Kronecker, Lead paragraph [in-branch 2]
Quote, Includes: Leopold Kronecker, Lead paragraph [in-branch 2]
logic
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Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (Wikipedia)
Includes: Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Lead paragraph [in-branch 4]
Quote, Includes: Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Lead paragraph [in-branch 4]
logic
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Gerhard Gentzen (Wikipedia)
Includes: Gerhard Gentzen, Lead paragraph [in-branch]
Quote, Includes: Gerhard Gentzen, Lead paragraph [in-branch]
foundations of mathematics
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Stephen Cole Kleene (Wikipedia)
Includes: Stephen Cole Kleene, Lead paragraph [in-branch 2]
Quote, Includes: Stephen Cole Kleene, Lead paragraph [in-branch 2]
mathematical logic
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Hermann Weyl (Wikipedia)
Includes: Hermann Weyl, Lead paragraph [in-branch 3]
Quote, Includes: Hermann Weyl, Lead paragraph [in-branch 3]
logic
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