Can Mathematics Be Proved Consistent?

Jan von Plato

Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020

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Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) shook the mathematical world in 1931 by a result that has become an icon of 20th century science: The search for rigour in proving mathematical theorems had led to the formalization of mathematical proofs, to the extent that such proving could be reduced to the application of a few mechanical rules.

ISBN-13
9783030508753
ISBN-10
3030508757
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Year
2020
Publication date
2020-07-25
Pages
263
Dimensions
241x164x22
Weight
576