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  2. Primitive notion - Wikipedia

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    The notions themselves may not necessarily need to be stated; Susan Haack (1978) writes, "A set of axioms is sometimes said to give an implicit definition of its primitive terms." [7] Euclidean geometry: Under Hilbert's axiom system the primitive notions are point, line, plane, congruence, betweenness , and incidence.

  3. Axiom of choice - Wikipedia

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    But the debate is interesting enough that it is considered notable when a theorem in ZFC (ZF plus AC) is logically equivalent (with just the ZF axioms) to the axiom of choice, and mathematicians look for results that require the axiom of choice to be false, though this type of deduction is less common than the type that requires the axiom of ...

  4. Von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory - Wikipedia

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    The primitive notions of his theory were function and argument. Using these notions, he defined class and set. [1] Paul Bernays reformulated von Neumann's theory by taking class and set as primitive notions. [2] Kurt Gödel simplified Bernays' theory for his relative consistency proof of the axiom of choice and the generalized continuum ...

  5. Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory - Wikipedia

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    The axioms in order below are expressed in a mixture of first order logic and high-level abbreviations. Axioms 1–8 form ZF, while the axiom 9 turns ZF into ZFC. Following Kunen (1980), we use the equivalent well-ordering theorem in place of the axiom of choice for axiom 9. All formulations of ZFC imply that at least one set exists.

  6. Axiomatic system - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics and logic, an axiomatic system is any set of primitive notions and axioms to logically derive theorems.A theory is a consistent, relatively-self-contained body of knowledge which usually contains an axiomatic system and all its derived theorems.

  7. Tarski's axioms - Wikipedia

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    The only primitive relations are "betweenness" and "congruence" among points. Tarski's axiomatization is shorter than its rivals, in a sense Tarski and Givant (1999) make explicit. It is more concise than Pieri's because Pieri had only two primitive notions while Tarski introduced three: point, betweenness, and congruence.

  8. Foundations of geometry - Wikipedia

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    This was an essential ingredient in Hilbert's proof of the consistency of his axiom system. By the 7th edition of the Grundlagen, this axiom had been replaced by the axiom of line completeness given above and the old axiom V.2 became Theorem 32. Also to be found in the 1899 monograph (and appearing in the Townsend translation) is: II.4.

  9. First principle - Wikipedia

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    A first principle is an axiom that cannot be deduced from any other within that system. The classic example is that of Euclid's Elements; its hundreds of geometric propositions can be deduced from a set of definitions, postulates, and primitive notions: all three types constitute first principles.