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  2. Direct proof - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics and logic, a direct proof is a way of showing the truth or falsehood of a given statement by a straightforward combination of established facts, usually axioms, existing lemmas and theorems, without making any further assumptions. [1] In order to directly prove a conditional statement of the form "If p, then q", it suffices to ...

  3. Turing's proof - Wikipedia

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    Nowhere within the "code" of M will the numerical "figures" (symbols) 1 and 0 ever appear. If M wants U to print a symbol from the collection blank, 0, 1 then it uses one of the following codes to tell U to print them. To make things more confusing, Turing calls these symbols S0, S1, and S2, i.e. blank = S0 = D 0 = S1 = DC 1 = S2 = DCC

  4. Mathematical proof - Wikipedia

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    For example, we can prove by induction that all positive integers of the form 2n − 1 are odd. Let P(n) represent "2n − 1 is odd": (i) For n = 1, 2n − 1 = 2(1) − 1 = 1, and 1 is odd, since it leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 2. Thus P(1) is true.

  5. Gödel numbering - Wikipedia

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    In the specific Gödel numbering used by Nagel and Newman, the Gödel number for the symbol "0" is 6 and the Gödel number for the symbol "=" is 5. Thus, in their system, the Gödel number of the formula "0 = 0" is 2 6 × 3 5 × 5 6 = 243,000,000.

  6. Principia Mathematica - Wikipedia

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    The ramified type (τ 1,...,τ m |σ 1,...,σ n) can be modeled as the product of the type (τ 1,...,τ m,σ 1,...,σ n) with the set of sequences of n quantifiers (∀ or ∃) indicating which quantifier should be applied to each variable σ i. (One can vary this slightly by allowing the σs to be quantified in any order, or allowing them to ...

  7. Criteria of truth - Wikipedia

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    The opinions of those with significant experience, highly trained or possessing an advanced degree are often considered a form of proof.Their knowledge and familiarity within a given field or area of knowledge command respect and allow their statements to be criteria of truth.

  8. Convergence proof techniques - Wikipedia

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    Convergence proof techniques are canonical patterns of mathematical proofs that sequences or functions converge to a finite limit when the argument tends to infinity.. There are many types of sequences and modes of convergence, and different proof techniques may be more appropriate than others for proving each type of convergence of each type of sequence.

  9. List of long mathematical proofs - Wikipedia

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    Gorenstein and Lyons's proof for the case of rank at least 4 was 731 pages long, and Aschbacher's proof of the rank 3 case adds another 159 pages, for a total of 890 pages. 1983 Selberg trace formula. Hejhal's proof of a general form of the Selberg trace formula consisted of 2 volumes with a total length of 1322 pages. Arthur–Selberg trace ...