학술논문

A note on first-order arithmetic
Document Type
Working Paper
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Subject
Mathematics - General Mathematics
03F40
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Abstract
This paper describes a system S' obtained by modifying first-order arithmetic to 'parameterise' the individual variables so that under any interpretation of S', the individual variables range over all and only the individuals assigned to the numerals under this interpretation. Since S' contains Peano arithmetic and is recursively axiomatised we can modify Goedel's technique to define a Goedel sentence for S', say (x)R[x]. S' may be shown to be inconsistent since (x)R[x] must be an S' theorem. Since the syntax of S' and S are identical however the inconsistency of S itself is implied by this result.
Comment: 6 Pages; various errors corrected, some results changed