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Historical background of Gödel's theorem

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Analysis of Dynamical and Cognitive Systems

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 888))

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The developments of mathematics which led to Gödel's discovery of the incompleteness theorem are reviewed. A short discussion of this theorem and other related results is included. (This note is intended as background for other talks at the conference.)

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Stig I. Andersson

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© 1995 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

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Tarski, J. (1995). Historical background of Gödel's theorem. In: Andersson, S.I. (eds) Analysis of Dynamical and Cognitive Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 888. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58843-4_12

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