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Testing the independence of a system of axioms, using a logical computer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Eric Foxley
Affiliation:
The UniversityNottingham

Extract

The object of this paper is to show how a well-known method of demonstrating the independence of one member of a system of axioms can be incorporated into a systematic method of testing for independence, suitable for solution on a logical computer of the type now being built at the University of Nottingham.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1961

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