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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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To: D-fendr
HIlbert's tenth problem involves Diophantine equations

I suspect it involves 'axiomatic' truth, which is theoretical. I further suspect that maybe it is akin to uncertainty principle, which is a limit imposed by the model and not the true nature of the energy 'particle.'

I am asking for an example of something that is true but cannot be proven in the real world, not in a mathematical model.

39 posted on 04/09/2010 9:28:15 PM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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