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Logic · Mathematics 2015-04-14 Michael Pfender

One main goal of argumentation theory is to evaluate arguments and to determine whether they should be accepted or rejected. When there is no clear answer, a third option, being undecided, has to be taken into account. Indecision is often…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-03-07 Daniela Schuster

We describe a graph-theoretic syntax for self-referential formulas as well as a four-valued logic to include contradictory and independent formulas. We then explore the degree to which generalized truth tables can be realized in our theory,…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dan Seabold , Stefan Waner , Steve Warner

In this workshop, we present a compact but rigorous introduction to the basic language of nonlinear programming, variational inequalities, and complementarity systems. The goal is twofold. First, we explain the mathematical logic of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Jiguang Yu

A detailed and rigorous analysis of G\"odel's proof of his first incompleteness theorem is presented. The purpose of this analysis is two-fold. The first is to reveal what G\"odel actually proved to provide a clear and solid foundation upon…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-04-30 Jason W. Steinmetz

We give a survey of current research on G\"{o}del's incompleteness theorems from the following three aspects: classifications of different proofs of G\"{o}del's incompleteness theorems, the limit of the applicability of G\"{o}del's first…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Yong Cheng

I present the proof of Goedel's First Incompleteness theorem in an intuitive manner, while covering all technically challenging steps. I present generalizations of Goedel's fixed point lemma to two-sentence and multi-sentence versions,…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Serafim Batzoglou

We present a propositional logic to reason about the uncertainty of events, where the uncertainty is modeled by a set of probability measures assigning an interval of probability to each event. We give a sound and complete axiomatization…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-08-08 Joseph Y. Halpern , Riccardo Pucella

This work is motivated by the problem of finding the limit of the applicability of the first incompleteness theorem ($\sf G1$). A natural question is: can we find a minimal theory for which $\sf G1$ holds? We examine the Turing degree…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Yong Cheng

We consider the two categories of termination problems of quantum programs with nondeterminism: 1) Is an input of a program terminating with probability one under all schedulers? If not, how can a scheduler be synthesized to evidence the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Jianling Fu , Hui Jiang , Ming Xu , Yuxin Deng , Zhi-Bin Li

We formalize an existing computability-theoretic method of presenting first-order structures whose domains have the cardinality of the continuum. Work using these methods until now has emphasized their topological properties. We shift the…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Jason Block , Russell Miller

We present an extension to the $\mathtt{mathlib}$ library of the Lean theorem prover formalizing the foundations of computability theory. We use primitive recursive functions and partial recursive functions as the main objects of study, and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-07-19 Mario Carneiro

In 1931, G\"odel presented in K\"onigsberg his famous Incompleteness Theorem, stating that some true mathematical statements are unprovable. Yet, this result gives us no idea about those independent (that is, true and unprovable)…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-07-08 Bruno Grenet

It is proved that the first-order theory of the structure (N,mod) is undecidable. Here mod denotes the operation of computing the remainder for any division between positive integers; i.e. x mod y is the remainder obtained by the division x…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-06-05 Mihai Prunescu

This paper aims to provide an analysis of what it means when we say that a pair of theories, very generously construed, are equivalent in the sense that they are interdefinable. With regard to theories articulated in first order logic, we…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-11-05 Toby Meadows

Given the emergent reasoning abilities of large language models, information retrieval is becoming more complex. Rather than just retrieve a document, modern information retrieval systems advertise that they can synthesize an answer based…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-02-29 Gregory Coppola

First-order temporal logics are notorious for their bad computational behaviour. It is known that even the two-variable monadic fragment is highly undecidable over various linear timelines, and over branching time even one-variable…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-08-17 Christopher Hampson , Agi Kurucz

This text summarizes and expands the content of a general audience talk given in 2018 at the University of Mainz. Motivated by recent developments in dependent type theory and infinity category theory, it presents a history of ideas around…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Stefan Müller-Stach

Incomputability results in Formal Logic and the Theory of Computation (i.e., incompleteness and undecidability) have deep implications for the foundations of mathematics and computer science. Likewise, Social Choice Theory, a branch of…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Ori Livson , Mikhail Prokopenko

We study propositional and first-order G\"odel logics over infinitary languages which are motivated semantically by corresponding interpretations into the unit interval [0,1]. We provide infinitary Hilbert-style calculi for the particular…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Nicholas Pischke