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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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1. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford Universityhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-classical/
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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
    Mathematical logic, also called 'logistic', 'symbolic logic', the 'algebra of logic', and, more recently, simply 'formal logic', is the set of logical theories elaborated in the course of the nineteenth century with the aid of an artificial notation and a rigorously deductive method.
  • 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)
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Every set is smaller than its power set
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University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Associated With: Kurt Gödel, 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)
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In mathematics, specifically set theory, the continuum hypothesis (abbreviated CH) is a hypothesis
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Wikipedia: Axiom
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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
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However, it demonstrates a general technique that has since been used in a wide range of proofs, including the first of Gödel'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
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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
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Gödel'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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Actual and Potential Infinity (Wikipedia)
Includes: Actual and Potential Infinity, Lead
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In the philosophy of mathematics, the abstraction of actual infinity
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Foundations of mathematics (Wikipedia)
In Group: Mathematical Logic and Proof, lead paragraph
Quote, In Group: Mathematical Logic and Proof, lead paragraph
Foundations of mathematics are the logical and mathematical frameworks that allow the development of mathematics without generating self-contradictory theories, and to have reliable concepts of theorems, proofs, algorithms, etc.
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Anil Nerode (Wikipedia)
Includes: Anil Nerode, Lead, mathematical logic
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known for his work in mathematical logic
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Alfred North Whitehead (Wikipedia)
Includes: Alfred North Whitehead, Lead, early career
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In his early career Whitehead wrote primarily on mathematics, logic, and physics.
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MacTutor History of Mathematics: Willard Van Orman Quine - MacTutor History of Mathematics
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Quine's research was mainly on logic although always with a philosophical motivation
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Anthony Morse (Wikipedia)
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worked in both analysis, especially measure theory, and in the foundations of mathematics
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Henry Gordon Rice (Wikipedia)
Includes: Henry Gordon Rice, Lead, field
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was an American logician and mathematician
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Jerzy Łoś (Wikipedia)
Includes: Jerzy Łoś, Lead
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mathematical logic, Abelian group theory
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Jerzy Słupecki (Wikipedia)
Includes: Jerzy Słupecki, Lead
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was a Polish mathematician and logician
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Jan Łukasiewicz (Wikipedia)
Includes: Jan Łukasiewicz, Lead
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His work centred on philosophical logic, mathematical logic and history of logic.
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Ernst Schröder (MacTutor)
Includes: Ernst Schröder (mathematician), Summary
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Ernst Schröder was a German mathematician who did important work is in the area of algebra, set theory and logic.
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Christine Ladd-Franklin (MacTutor)
Includes: Christine Ladd-Franklin, Summary
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Christine Ladd-Franklin was an American psychologist, logician and mathematician
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Giuseppe Peano (MacTutor)
Includes: Giuseppe Peano, Summary
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Giuseppe Peano was the founder of symbolic logic and his interests centred on the foundations of mathematics
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Louis Couturat (Wikipedia)
Includes: Louis Couturat, Career
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He was the French advocate of the symbolic logic that emerged in the years before World War I
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Sofya Yanovskaya (Wikipedia)
Includes: Sofya Yanovskaya, Lead
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She is best known for her efforts in restoring the research of mathematical logic in the Soviet Union
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Charles Sanders Peirce (Wikipedia)
Includes: Charles Sanders Peirce, Lead
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made major contributions to logic, such as theories of relations and quantification
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Philipp Frank (Wikipedia)
Includes: Philipp Frank, Lead
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He was a logical positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle.
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Vladimir Voevodsky (Wikipedia)
Includes: Vladimir Voevodsky, Lead
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for the univalent foundations of mathematics and homotopy type theory
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Victor Shestakov (Wikipedia)
Includes: Victor Shestakov, Lead
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was a Russian/Soviet logician and theoretician of electrical engineering
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Dana Scott (Wikipedia)
Includes: Dana Scott, Lead
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is a retired American logician
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Christopher Clavius (Wikipedia)
Includes: Christopher Clavius, Lead, field of work
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Clavius, (25 March 1538-6 February 1612) was a Jesuit German mathematician and physicist, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented by
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Edward Brerewood (Wikipedia)
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He was a mathematician and logician, and wrote an influential book on the origin of languages. == Life == He was son of Robert Brerewood, a wetglover, three times mayor of Chester, and was born and educated there at The King's School.
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Petrus Ramus (Wikipedia)
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Petrus Ramus (French: Pierre de La Ramée; Anglicized as Peter Ramus ; 1515-26 August 1572) was a French humanist, logician, and educational reformer.
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Pietro Catena (Wikipedia)
Includes: Pietro Catena, Lead, field of work
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He was a precursor of the Renaissance Scientific Revolution and investigated the relationships between mathematics, logic and philosophy.
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Joachim Jungius (Wikipedia)
Includes: Joachim Jungius, Lead, field of work
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Joachim Jungius (born Joachim Junge; 22 October 1587-23 September 1657) was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher of science. == Life == Jungius was a native of Lübeck.
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Antoine Arnauld (Wikipedia)
Includes: Antoine Arnauld, Lead, field of work
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Popular record for Arnauld's penetration was much increased in his L'Art de penser, commonly known as the Port-Royal Logic, which kept its place as an elementary text-book until the 20th century and is considered a paradigmatical work of term logic.
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Jakob Friedrich Fries (Wikipedia)
Includes: Jakob Friedrich Fries, Biography, System der Logik
Quote, Includes: Jakob Friedrich Fries, Biography, System der Logik
In 1811 he published his System der Logik
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Turing degree (Wikipedia)
Includes: Turing Degree, Lead sentence
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Diagonal Lemma (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Diagonal Lemma, Lead sentence
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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mathematical logic
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Leopold Kronecker (Wikipedia)
Includes: Leopold Kronecker, Lead paragraph [in-branch 2]
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logic
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Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (Wikipedia)
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logic
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Gerhard Gentzen (Wikipedia)
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foundations of mathematics
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Stephen Cole Kleene (Wikipedia)
Includes: Stephen Cole Kleene, Lead paragraph [in-branch 2]
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mathematical logic
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Hermann Weyl (Wikipedia)
Includes: Hermann Weyl, Lead paragraph [in-branch 3]
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logic
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Wikipedia: Haskell Curry
Includes: Haskell Curry, Lead
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Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic.
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Wikipedia: Moses Schönfinkel
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known for the invention of combinatory logic
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Wikipedia: Dov Gabbay
Includes: Dov Gabbay, Lead
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is an Israeli logician
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Wikipedia: Reuben Goodstein
Includes: Reuben Goodstein, Lead
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Goodstein's theorem was among the earliest examples of theorems found to be unprovable in Peano arithmetic
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Wikipedia: Wilhelm Ackermann
Includes: Wilhelm Ackermann, Lead
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best known for his work in mathematical logic
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Wikipedia: Albert Muchnik
Includes: Albert Muchnik, Lead
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who worked in the field of foundations and mathematical logic
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Wikipedia: Evert Willem Beth
Includes: Evert Willem Beth, Lead
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Evert Willem Beth (7 July 1908-12 April 1964) was a Dutch philosopher and logician, whose work principally concerned the foundations of mathematics.
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Wikipedia: George Boole
Includes: George Boole, Lead
Quote, Includes: George Boole, Lead
George Boole ( BOOL; 2 November 1815-8 December 1864) was an English mathematician and philosopher often credited with revolutionizing logic by transforming it from a philosophical study of language into a mathematical system of algebraic equations using binary values and logical operators.
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Wikipedia: J. Barkley Rosser
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John Barkley Rosser Sr. (December 6, 1907, September 5, 1989) was an American logician, a student of Alonzo Church, and known for his part in the Church-Rosser theorem in lambda calculus.
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Wikipedia: Leopold Löwenheim
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Leopold Löwenheim [ˈle:o:pɔl̩d ˈlø:vɛnhaɪm] (26 June 1878 in Krefeld, 5 May 1957 in Berlin) was a German mathematician doing work in mathematical logic.
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Wikipedia: Per Lindström
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Per "Pelle" Lindström (9 April 1936-21 August 2009, Gothenburg) was a Swedish logician, after whom Lindström's theorem and the Lindström quantifier are named. (He also independently discovered Ehrenfeucht-Fraïssé games.) He was one of the key followers of Lars Svenonius.
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Bernard Bolzano (Wikipedia)
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Bernard Bolzano (UK: , US: ; German: [bɔlˈtsaːno]; Italian: [bolˈtsaːno]; born Bernardus Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano; 5 October 1781-18 December 1848) was a Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest of Italian extraction, also known for his liberal views.
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Jon Barwise (Wikipedia)
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Kenneth Jon Barwise (; June 29, 1942, March 5, 2000) was an American mathematician, philosopher, and logician who proposed some fundamental revisions to the way that logic is understood and used.
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Ernst Zermelo (Wikipedia)
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Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (; German: [tsɛɐ̯ˈmeːlo]; 27 July 1871-21 May 1953) was a German logician and mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics.
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B, C, K, W System (Wikipedia)
Includes: B, C, K, W System, Lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: B, C, K, W System, Lead paragraph
The B, C, K, W system is a variant of combinatory logic that takes as primitive the combinators B, C, K, and W.
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SKI combinator calculus (Wikipedia)
Includes: SKI combinator calculus, Lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: SKI combinator calculus, Lead paragraph
The SKI combinator calculus is a combinatory logic system and a computational system.
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Associative Property (Wikipedia)
Includes: Associative Property, Lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Associative Property, Lead paragraph
In propositional logic, associativity is a valid rule of replacement for expressions in logical proofs.
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Wolfram MathWorld: Constructive Proof
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Constructive Proof, Subject classifications
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Foundations of Mathematics Theorem Proving
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Wolfram MathWorld: Richardson's Theorem
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Foundations of Mathematics Logic
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Wolfram MathWorld: Nonstandard Analysis
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Foundations of Mathematics Logic
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Wolfram MathWorld: Turnstile
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Foundations of Mathematics Logic
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Wolfram MathWorld: Partial Function
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Partial Function, Subject classifications
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Foundations of Mathematics Logic
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Wolfram MathWorld: Characterization
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Characterization, Subject classifications
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Foundations of Mathematics Theorem Proving
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Wolfram MathWorld: Existence Theorem
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Existence Theorem, Subject classifications
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Foundations of Mathematics Theorem Proving
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Wolfram MathWorld: Uniqueness Theorem
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Foundations of Mathematics Theorem Proving
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Wolfram MathWorld: Church's Theorem
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Foundations of Mathematics Logic
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Entscheidungsproblem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Entscheidungsproblem, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Entscheidungsproblem, Lead section
computer science, the Entscheidungsproblem (German for 'decision problem'; pronounced [ɛntˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋspʁoˌbleːm]) is a challenge
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Impossibility Theorem
Includes: Impossibility Theorem, Lead section
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In mathematics, an impossibility theorem is a theorem that demonstrates a problem or general set of problems cannot be solved. These are also known as proofs of impossibility
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Wolfram MathWorld: Los's Theorem -- from Wolfram MathWorld
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Foundations of Mathematics Logic
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Augustus De Morgan, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Includes: Augustus De Morgan, Biography
Quote, Includes: Augustus De Morgan, Biography
He introduced De Morgan's laws and his greatest contribution is as a reformer of mathematical logic.
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Edward Nelson, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Includes: Edward Nelson, Summary
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Edward Nelson was an American mathematician who won the Steele Prize for applying probability to quantum field theory. He wrote several classic texts on the topic. In the latter part of his career he studied mathematical logic.
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Gottlob Frege, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Includes: Gottlob Frege, Summary
Quote, Includes: Gottlob Frege, Summary
Gottlob Frege was a German mathematician who was one of the founders of modern symbolic logic putting forward the view that mathematics is reducible to logic.
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Jacques Herbrand, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Includes: Jacques Herbrand, Summary
Quote, Includes: Jacques Herbrand, Summary
Jacques Herbrand was a French mathematician who died young but made contributions to mathematical logic.
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John Venn, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Includes: John Venn, Summary
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John Venn was an English mathematician and logician best known for the Venn diagrams which can be used to visualise the unions and intersections of sets.
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Lewis Carroll, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Includes: Lewis Carroll, Biography
Quote, Includes: Lewis Carroll, Biography
As a mathematical logician, he was interested in increasing understanding by treating it as a game.
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Moritz Pasch, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Includes: Moritz Pasch, Summary
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Moritz Pasch was a German mathematician who worked on the foundations of geometry. He found a number of assumptions in Euclid that nobody had noticed before.
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MacTutor History of Mathematics: Alonzo Church
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Alonzo Church made important contributions to mathematical logic and theoretical computer science.
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