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The disjunction property in Peano Arithmetic?

This is not actually an answer but rather a comment to Joel's answer. I am not very good in models, so here is an idea how to do without them. There is a theorem of Kreisel: if a $\Pi_1^0$ statement i …
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Are undecidable consequences of Con recursively enumerable?

Let $X\subset\Pi_1^0$ be the set of statements which are provable in PA$+$Con(PA) but independent of PA. Is $X$ recursively enumerable?
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How to prove a $\Pi_2$ statement properly?

Consider the following situation. In a parallel world (let's hope not in this one), in 2020 a clever guy proved $P\neq NP$ in a theory $T_1=\{ZFC+some\, reasonable\, new\, axioms\}$. Then, in 2021 a c …
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Are all the theorems true?

The title sounds a bit philosophical, but it is about mathematics. Let me explain. Consider a first order theory $T$, which is an extension of Peano Arithmetic. Call this theory "good" if it is co …
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The disjunction property in Peano Arithmetic?

Let $\phi,\psi\in\Pi_1^0$ be independent of PA. Is the disjunction $\phi\vee\psi$ independent of PA?
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A weak fragment of analysis?

Question: Is there a decidable theory sufficient to formulate and prove (many) theorems of classical analysis? What I have in mind is a theory with two kinds of objects, reals (which are introduced a …
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Gödel's speed-up from constructive to classical logic?

I am no expert in logic, but let me give it a try. There is an old (1970) theorem of M. Waldschmidt that at least one of the numbers $e^e$ and $e^{e^2}$ is transcendental. So, the statement is a d …
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For which Millennium Problems does undecidable -> true?

As Harry Altman pointed out, for a conjecture undecidable -> true means that it can be formulated as a $\Pi_1^0$ statement. To put it simply, if the conjecture is false, one can prove this by an e …
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Is the Invariant Subspace Problem arithmetic?

Invariant Subspace Conjecture: A bounded operator on a separable Hilbert space has a non-trivial closed invariant subspace. Can this conjecture be reformulated as an arithmetic statement, that is, $ …
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What is the logical complexity of the Hodge conjecture?

The Hodge conjecture seems to me the most mysterious among the Millennium problems (and many others). In particular, I am not sure about its logical complexity. It is not difficult to see that the …
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Is there any physical or computational justification for non-constructive axioms such as AC ...

Not an answer, but an opinion. The question whether it would be difficult to model physical phenomena using constructive mathematics would make some sense if those physical phenomena were modeled by …
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