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Additional Axiom of Arithmetic

Newberry March 11, 2022 at 20:50 925 views 1 comments
Let P_1, P_2, … P_7 be the Peano axioms. What will happen if we add

P+: P1 & P2 & … P7 & ?x(Prf(x, ?P?) ? P

Here ?P? means the Gödel number of P, and Prf(x,y) means that x is a proof o y, or rather that x is the Gödel number of a sequence that is a proof a sentence with Gödel number y.
It seems to me that the axiom is true. For if our derivation system is sound, and it derives P then it is the case that P.

Comments (1)

alan1000 May 19, 2022 at 13:38 #697646
What are the 6th and 7th Dedekind/Peano axioms?