Does Resolving PvNP Require a Paradigm Shift? Part III: Consequences of a Sound, Algorithmic Interpretation of PA
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I show that an arithmetical formula [F ] is PAprovable if, and only if, it interprets as an arithmetical expression F ∗—under a sound interpretation of PA—such that F ∗ is algorithmically decidable as true over the structure N of the natural numbers. I show how this implies, first, that P 6=NP and, second, that Church’s thesis is false.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010