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A MACHINE-ASSISTED PROOF OF GÖDEL'S INCOMPLETENESS THEOREMS FOR THE THEORY OF HEREDITARILY FINITE SETS

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PAULSON, LC 

Abstract

A formalisation of G"odel's incompleteness theorems using the Isabelle proof assistant is described. This is apparently the first mechanical verification of the second incompleteness theorem. The work closely follows {'S}wierczkowski (2003), who gave a detailed proof using hereditarily finite set theory. The adoption of this theory is generally beneficial, but it poses certain technical issues that do not arise for Peano arithmetic. The formalisation itself should be useful to logicians, particularly concerning the second incompleteness theorem, where existing proofs are lacking in detail.

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math.LO, math.LO, 68V20, 03F40

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Review of Symbolic Logic

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1755-0203
1755-0211

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7

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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I011005/1)