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Gödel's incompleteness theorem

Gödel's incompleteness theorem proper noun: either of the two theorems in mathematical logic that demonstrate the inherent limitations of every formal axiomatic system containing basic arithmetic.

Proper noun

Gödel's incompleteness theorem (plural Gödel's incompleteness theorems)

  1. Either of the two theorems in mathematical logic that demonstrate the inherent limitations of every formal axiomatic system containing basic arithmetic.

Forms of Gödel's incompleteness theorem

pluralGödel's incompleteness theorems

Questions about Gödel's incompleteness theorem

What does Gödel's incompleteness theorem mean?
Gödel's incompleteness theorem means either of the two theorems in mathematical logic that demonstrate the inherent limitations of every formal axiomatic system containing basic arithmetic.
What part of speech is Gödel's incompleteness theorem?
Gödel's incompleteness theorem is a proper noun.

Words near Gödel's incompleteness theorem in the dictionary

  1. Gödel numbering
  2. Gödel numberings
  3. Gödel numbers
  4. Gödel sentence
  5. Gödel sentences
  6. Gödel's incompleteness theorem
  7. Gödel's incompleteness theorems
  8. Gödel's theorem
  9. Gödelian
  10. Gödelisation
  11. Gödelization

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