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- From: holmes@garnet.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes)
- Subject: Re: Logic and Mathematicians
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:03:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov14.141234.26280@email.tuwien.ac.at> zach@csdec1.tuwien.ac.at writes:
- >In article <1992Nov12.204959.17389@husc3.harvard.edu>, zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
- >|> I offer Post's problem as a counterexample. Also, it doesn't seem
- >|> that there could be a solution for "P =? NP" that would render the
- >|> problem silly in retrospect.
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- >Oh yes: Prove P=NP is independent of ZFC. It actuall HAS
- >been shown independent in some weak arithmetics.
- >
- >--
- >Richard Zach Technische Universitaet Wien
- >[zach@csdec1.tuwien.ac.at] Abteilung fuer Formale Logik 185.2
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- Wouldn't that actually answer the question?
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