Re: Gödel theorem, the last vestige of magic Pythagorean mysticism.

2012-08-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Aug 2012, at 15:15, Richard Ruquist wrote: Is it true that real numbers are complete? It is true that the first order theory of the real numbers, is complete. This has been proven by Tarski. Now add some trigonometric function axioms, and you are incomplete again, as the trigonomet

Re: Gödel theorem, the last vestige of magic Pythagorean mysticism.

2012-08-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
Is it true that real numbers are complete? Richard On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 27 Aug 2012, at 11:47, Alberto G. Corona wrote: > > Please don´t take my self confident style for absolute certainty. I just >> expose my ideas for discussion. >> >> The fascination w

Re: Gödel theorem, the last vestige of magic Pythagorean mysticism.

2012-08-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Aug 2012, at 11:47, Alberto G. Corona wrote: Please don´t take my self confident style for absolute certainty. I just expose my ideas for discussion. The fascination with which the Gödel theorem is taken may reflect the atmosphere of magic that invariably goes around anything for

Gödel theorem, the last vestige of magic Pythagorean mysticism.

2012-08-27 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Please don´t take my self confident style for absolute certainty. I just expose my ideas for discussion. The fascination with which the Gödel theorem is taken may reflect the atmosphere of magic that invariably goes around anything for which there is a lack of understanding. In this case, with th