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To: D-fendr
Hilbert's tenth problem is a famous example

Synopsis please.

33 posted on 04/09/2010 6:16:33 PM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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To: kosta50
Synopsis please.

HIlbert's tenth problem involves Diophantine equations. It involves an obvious truth and asks for a proof - an algorithm. Matiyasevich, among others, proved that it was unprovable. It's an example, or perhaps corollary to the Incompleteness Theorem.

36 posted on 04/09/2010 7:20:37 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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