GÖDEL'S THEOREM


Meaning of GÖDEL'S THEOREM in English

noun

also gödel's incompleteness theorem ˈgœ̅dəlz-

Usage: usually capitalized G

Etymology: after Kurt Gödel died 1978 American mathematician

: a theorem in advanced logic: in any logical system as complex or more complex than the arithmetic of the integers there can always be found either a statement which can be shown to be both true and false or a statement whose truth or falsity cannot be deduced from other statements in the system

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