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This paper exposes a contradiction in the Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with the axiom of choice (ZFC). While Godel's incompleteness theorems state that a consistent system cannot prove its consistency, they do not eliminate proofs using a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-01-03 Minseong Kim

We argue that Godel's completeness theorem is equivalent to completability of consistent theories, and Godel's incompleteness theorem is equivalent to the fact that this completion is not constructive, in the sense that there are some…

Logic · Mathematics 2019-07-02 Saeed Salehi

G\"odel's second incompleteness theorem is standardly understood as showing that no sufficiently strong, consistent theory of arithmetic can prove its own consistency, a result typically interpreted against a model-theoretic background in…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Alexander V. Gheorghiu

We show that the problem `whether a finite set of regular-linear axioms defines a rigid theory' is undecidable.

Logic · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Mikołaj Bojanczyk , Stanisław Szawiel , Marek Zawadowski

In this paper I introduce a new and intuitive first-order foundational theory (where the concept of set is not primitive) and use it to show that the power set of an infinite set does not exist. In particular, proofs of uncountability of a…

Logic · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Eddy El Khalil

There are the longstanding differences in the continuity of continuum among mathematicians. Starting from studies on a mathematical model of contact, we construct a set that is in contact everywhere by using the original idea of Dedekind's…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-02-05 Haidong Zhu

The inconsistencies involved in the foundation of set theory were invariably caused by infinity and self-reference; and only with the opportune axiomatic restrictions could them be obviated. Throughout history, both concepts have proved to…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2012-01-25 Antonio Leon

We describe a theory of finite sets, and investigate the analogue of Dedekind's theory of natural number systems (simply infinite systems) in this theory. Unlike the infinitary case, in our theory, natural number systems come in differing…

Logic · Mathematics 2008-08-08 J. P. Mayberry , Richard Pettigrew

In this paper, we study the weighted difference substitutions from geometrical views. First, we give the geometric meanings of the weighted difference substitutions, and introduce the concept of convergence of the sequence of substitution…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2009-12-30 Xiaorong Hou , Song Xu , Junwei Shao

The hypothesis concerning the off-site continuum existence is investigated from the point of view of the mathematical theory of sets. The principles and methods of the mathematical description of the physical objects from different off-site…

General Physics · Physics 2007-06-04 A. V. Novikov-Borodin

We present a new fragment of axiomatic set theory for pure sets and for the iteration of power sets within given transitive sets. It turns out that this formal system admits an interesting hierarchy of models with true membership relation…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Matthias Kunik

We present a version of G\"odel's Second Incompleteness Theorem for recursively enumerable consistent extensions of a fixed axiomatizable theory, by incorporating some bi-theoretic version of the derivability conditions. We also argue that…

Logic · Mathematics 2019-11-12 Saeed Salehi

A method is presented for using the consistent part of inconsistent axiomatic systems.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2009-02-09 Elemer E Rosinger

A question is proposed whether or not set theory is consistent.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hitoshi Kitada

This paper examines the consistency of w-order by means of a supertask that functions as a supertrap for the assumed existence of w-ordered collections, which are simultaneously complete (as is required by the Actual infinity) and…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2012-01-30 Antonio Leon

A proof that the set of real numbers is denumerable is given.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2013-07-17 Jailton C. Ferreira

This paper continues the author's previous study \cite{Kura20}, showing that several weak principles inspired by non-normal modal logic suffice to derive various refined forms of the second incompleteness theorem. Among the main results of…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Taishi Kurahashi

We see how nested sequents, a natural generalisation of hypersequents, allow us to develop a systematic proof theory for modal logics. As opposed to other prominent formalisms, such as the display calculus and labelled sequents, nested…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2010-04-13 Kai Brünnler

The multiverse view in set theory, introduced and argued for in this article, is the view that there are many distinct concepts of set, each instantiated in a corresponding set-theoretic universe. The universe view, in contrast, asserts…

Logic · Mathematics 2014-11-18 Joel David Hamkins

We identify a number of decidable and undecidable fragments of first-order concatenation theory. We also give a purely universal axiomatization which is complete for the fragments we identify. Furthermore, we prove some normal-form results.

Logic · Mathematics 2018-04-18 Lars Kristiansen , Juvenal Murwanashyaka