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  1. Jul 14, 2020 · In 1931, the Austrian logician Kurt Gödel pulled off arguably one of the most stunning intellectual achievements in history. Mathematicians of the era sought a solid foundation for mathematics: a set of basic mathematical facts, or axioms, that was both consistent — never leading to contradictions — and complete, serving as the building ...

  2. Jun 2, 2021 · A New Biography of Kurt Gödel, Whose Brilliant Life Intersected With the Upheavals of the 20th Century. In 1947, having left Nazi-occupied Vienna for the quaint idyll of Princeton, N.J., seven...

  3. Nov 11, 2013 · Gödels Incompleteness Theorems. First published Mon Nov 11, 2013; substantive revision Thu Apr 2, 2020. Gödels two incompleteness theorems are among the most important results in modern logic, and have deep implications for various issues. They concern the limits of provability in formal axiomatic theories.

  4. Looking back over that century in the year 2000, TIME magazine included Kurt Gödel (1906–78), the foremost mathematical logician of the twentieth century among its top 100 most influential thinkers. Gödel was associated with the Institute for Advanced Study from his first visit in the academic year 1933–34, until his death in 1978.

  5. 28 April 1906. Brünn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic) Died. 14 January 1978. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Summary. Gödel proved fundamental results about axiomatic systems showing in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system. View nine larger pictures.

  6. Kurt Gödel (April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was one of the most significant logicians of all time, whose work had an immense impact on 20th century philosophy, logic, and mathematics.

  7. www.wikiwand.com › en › Kurt_GödelKurt Gödel - Wikiwand

    Kurt Friedrich Gödel was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel profoundly influenced scientific and philosophical thinking in the 20th century, building on earlier work by Richard Dedekind, Georg Cantor and Gottlob Frege.

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