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[edit] Correctness of Duplication

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't Axiom 1 be:

\bullet\; \forall x \lbrace [\varphi(x) \rightarrow \psi(x)] \land P(\varphi){\color{Red}\rbrace} \rightarrow P(\Psi)\rbrace

It seems that we're closing a non-opened square bracket. Since this is a quite famous result, and since I'm not entirely familiar with logical notation (though I don't see this happen anywhere else in the proof), I'm apprehensive about changing this on my own. Error792 07:32, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't it be P(ψ) (i.e., lowercase psi)? Isn't this axiom saying: if phi(x) implies psi(x), and phi is positive, then psi is positive? --Taejo|대조 20:46, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
You're absolutely right, I capitalized the psi by accident. Error792 03:26, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proof

In wiki notation:

Ax. 1. \bullet\; \forall x \lbrace [\varphi(x) \rightarrow \psi(x)] \land P(\varphi)] \rightarrow P(\Psi)\rbrace

Ax. 2. P(\neg \varphi) \leftrightarrow \neg P(\varphi)

Th. 1. P(\varphi) \rightarrow \Diamond\; \exists x\; [\varphi(x)]

Df. 1. G(x) \leftrightarrow \forall \varphi[P(\varphi) \rightarrow \varphi(x)]

Ax. 3. P(G)

Th. 2. \Diamond\; \exists x\; G(x)

Df. 2. \varphi\;\mathrm{ess}\;x \leftrightarrow \varphi(x) \land \forall\psi\lbrace\psi(x) \rightarrow \bullet\; \forall x[\varphi(x) \rightarrow \psi(x)]\rbrace

Ax. 4. P(\varphi) \rightarrow \bullet\; P(\varphi)

Th. 3. G(x) \rightarrow G\;\mathrm{ess}\;x

Df. 3. E(x) \leftrightarrow \forall \varphi[\varphi\;\mathrm{ess}\;x \rightarrow \bullet\; \exists x\; \varphi(x)]

Ax. 5. P(E)

Th. 4. \bullet\; \exists x\; G(x)

Wouldn't it be better to use this instead? And see my point about psi above. --Taejo|대조 20:46, 13 May 2007 (UTC)