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In 1994 Jech gave a model theoretic proof of G\"odel's second incompleteness theorem for Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory in the following form: ZF does not prove that ZF has a model. Kotlarski showed that Jech's proof can be adapted to Peano…

Logic · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Alessandro Berarducci , Marcello Mamino

In this paper, we argue that formal systems of first order Arithmetic that admit Goedelian undecidable propositions validly are abnormally non-constructive. We argue that, in such systems, the strong representation of primitive recursive…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bhupinder Singh Anand

We prove, for stably computably enumerable formal systems, direct analogues of the first and second incompleteness theorems of G\"odel. A typical stably computably enumerable set is the set of Diophantine equations with no integer…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Yasha Savelyev

Given a sound first-order p-time theory $T$ capable of formalizing syntax of first-order logic we define a p-time function $g_T$ that stretches all inputs by one bit and we use its properties to show that $T$ must be incomplete. We leave it…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Jan Krajicek

In this paper we propose an interpretation for self-referential propositions in a "meta-model" N* of ZF. This meta-model N* is considered as an informal model of arithmetic that mathematicians often use when working with number theory.…

Logic · Mathematics 2019-08-08 Arieh Lev

Building on Beilinson's work, ``constructible sheaves are holonomic,'' we introduce the notion of holonomicity for \'etale sheaves, without assuming a priori constructibility. Over a perfect base field, we establish the converse of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Ahmed Abbes , Takeshi Saito

A nonconstructive proof can be used to prove the existence of an object with some properties without providing an explicit example of such an object. A special case is a probabilistic proof where we show that an object with required…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-10-29 Andrei Rumyantsev , Alexander Shen

Given a first-order theory $T$ formulated in the usual language of first-order arithmetic, we say that $T$ is of *restricted complexity* if there is some natural number $n$ and some set $\mathcal A$ of $\Sigma_n$-sentences such that $T$ can…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Ali Enayat , Mateusz Łełyk , Albert Visser

In this paper we formulate the problem of inference under incomplete information in very general terms. This includes modelling the process responsible for the incompleteness, which we call the incompleteness process. We allow the process…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-01-16 Marco Zaffalon , Enrique Miranda

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

The basic notions of logic-predicate logic, Peano arithmetic, incompleteness theorems, etc.-have for long been an advanced topic. In the last decades, they became more widely taught, inphilosophy, mathematics, and computer science…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2023-04-03 Gilles Dowek

Stalnaker and Thomason famously proved that the conditional logic \textsf{C2} with first-order quantifiers is complete with respect to a selection function semantics. However, the selection functions used in this completeness result take…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Alexander W. Kocurek , James Walsh , Yale Weiss

Primitive recursion, mu-recursion, universal object and universe theories, complexity controlled iteration, code evaluation, soundness, decidability, G\"odel incompleteness theorems, inconsistency provability for set theory, constructive…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-04-14 Michael Pfender

Unlike classical and free independence, the boolean and monotone notions of independence lack of the property of independent constants. In the scalar case, this leads to restrictions for the central limit theorems, as observed by F.…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Carlos Dias-Aguilera , Tulio Gaxiola , Jorge Santos , Carlos Vargas

In the present paper we use the theory of exact completions to study categorical properties of small setoids in Martin-L\"of type theory and, more generally, of models of the Constructive Elementary Theory of the Category of Sets, in terms…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-05-06 Jacopo Emmenegger , Erik Palmgren

G\"odel's Incompleteness Theorems suggest that no single formal system can capture the entirety of one's mathematical beliefs, while pointing at a hierarchy of systems of increasing logical strength that make progressively more explicit…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-04-25 Mateusz Łelyk , Carlo Nicolai

This paper is an investigation of the relationship between G\"odel's second incompleteness theorem and the well-foundedness of jump hierarchies. It follows from a classic theorem of Spector's that the relation $\{(A,B) \in \mathbb{R}^2 :…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-07-27 Patrick Lutz , James Walsh

The compactness theorem for a logic states, roughly, that the satisfiability of a set of well-formed formulas can be determined from the satisfiability of its finite subsets, and vice versa. Usually, proofs of this theorem depend on the…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-07-04 Sayantan Roy , Sankha S. Basu , Mihir K. Chakraborty

The first part of this article deals with theorems on uniqueness in law for \sigma-finite and constructive countable random sets, which in contrast to the usual assumptions may have points of accumulation. We discuss and compare two…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-07-24 Philip Herriger

The classical concept of bounded completeness and its relation to sufficiency and ancillarity play a fundamental role in unbiased estimation, unbiased testing, and the validity of inference in the presence of nuisance parameters. In this…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-03 Marc Hallin , Bas Werker , Bo Zhou