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Inconsistency of Primitive Recursive Arithmetic

Logic 2015-10-01 v1

Abstract

The aim of this work is to show that contemporary mathematics, including Peano arithmetic, is inconsistent, to construct firm foundations for mathematics, and to begin building on these foundations.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1509.09209,
  title  = {Inconsistency of Primitive Recursive Arithmetic},
  author = {Edward Nelson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.09209},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

With an introduction by Sarah Jones Nelson, an afterword by Sam Buss and Terence Tao, and an appendix on qea. 47 Pages

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