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question about Godel numbering

I have a question about Godel numbering, it is trivial but I would like to know how can you know the length of an expression through its Godel number. ¿? I think you can use a recursive function but ...
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Question about $\Sigma_n$-soundness

According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A9-consistent_theory#Definition): "$\Sigma_n$-soundness has the following computational interpretation: if the theory proves that a program C ...
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Question about computability of true/provable formulas

I would like to clarify some things related to the computability of the sets of all theorems and true formulas for the formal arithmetic. Consider the theory $T$ of formal arithmetic (the theory of ...
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I do not understand why the Turing computable sets of N are exactly the sets at level $\Delta_1^0$ of the arithmetical hierarchy

The reason I don't understand it is this. Take for example the twin primes conjecture, which is $\Pi_2^0$. The set of twin primes is computable right? (there is a Turing machine that enumerates all of ...
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A qualitative, yet precise statement of Godel's incompleteness theorem?

I read online a statement to the effect that (I'm paraphrasing): Goedel's incompleteness theorem shows that we cannot even have a complete and consistent theory for the natural numbers. I am ...
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What philosophical consequence of Goedel's incompleteness theorems?

I want to write a philosophical essay centered about Goedel's incompleteness theorem. However I cannot find any real philosophical consequences that I can write more than half a page about. I read the ...
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Relationship between $\Sigma_{1}$ and $\Pi_{1}$ functions (Logic)

I am working on the following homework problem for a logic class on Godel's incompleteness theorems and the following question is asked. Is the converse of Theorem $13.1$ true? Explain. Theorem ...
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Prove Gödel's incompleteness theorem using halting problem

How can you prove Gödel's incompleteness theorem from the halting problem? Is it really possible to prove the full theorem? If so, what are the differences between original proof and proof by ...
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Construction of a sequence of theorems with increasing and unbounded “difficulty”?

Let's define the "difficulty" of a theorem as the logarithm of the size of its shortest proof divided by the logarithm of the size of the theorem itself. For example, if a theorem has difficulty less ...