Godel’s theorems on the incompleteness and undecidability of mathematical systems are among the deepest and most significant discoveries of the 20 th century. They represent a dramatic failure of one ...
Mark Colyvan receives funding from The Australian Research Council and from the Humboldt Foundation. The recent events surrounding Donald Trump’s first few weeks in the White House have left many ...
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work at the very limits of maths. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an iconic piece of 20th century maths - Gödel’s ...
At 24, Kurt Gödel established himself as perhaps the greatest logician of the 20th century. Standing against the intellectual currents of his time, he unveiled two theorems in 1930 showing that a ...
In his commentary “AI, Godel and God,” John Nassivera tries to apply Kurt Godel’s “Incompleteness Theorem,” which was published in 1931, to verify the existence of God. According to Mr. Nassivera, the ...