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undecideable

undecideable is the alternative form of undecidable.

Meaning of undecidable

Adjective

undecidable (not comparable)

  1. Incapable of being algorithmically decided in finite time. For example, a set of strings is undecidable if it is impossible to program a computer (even one with infinite memory) to determine whether or not specified strings are included.
    • The first-order procedure SP differs from the proposi-
      tional procedure CP°₁ in an essential feature. Namely, CP°₁
      always terminates while SP may run forever as we have seen with
      the example immediately after (3.7). This is not a specific
      defect of SP. Rather it is known that first-order logic is...1982, Wolfgang Bibel, Automated Theorem Proving, Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, →ISBN, page 83
  2. (of a WFF) logically independent from the axioms of a given theory; i.e., that it can never be either proved or disproved (i.e., have its negation proved) on the basis of the axioms of the given theory. (Note: this latter definition is independent of any time bounds or computability issues, i.e., more Platonic.)

Questions about undecideable

What is undecideable the alternative form of?
Undecideable is the alternative form of undecidable.

Words near undecideable in the dictionary

  1. undecidabilities
  2. undecidability
  3. undecidable
  4. undecidably
  5. undecide
  6. undecideable
  7. undecided
  8. undecidedly
  9. undecidedness
  10. undecideds
  11. undecides

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