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Consistency formula is strictly stronger in PA than PA-consistency

Consistency formula is strictly stronger in PA than PA-consistency

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In this note, we show that, despite the widespread assumption, the consistency formula for Peano Arithmetic PA, Con(PA), "for all x, x is not a code of a derivation of (0=1)," is not equivalent in PA to the consistency of PA. Specifically, we demonstrate that "PA is consistent" is provably in PA equivalent to the series ConS(PA) of arithmetical sentences "n is not a code of a derivation of (0=1)" for n=0,1,2,.... Since Con(PA) is strictly stronger in PA than ConS(PA), the unprovability of Con(PA) in PA does not yield the unprovability of PA-consistency.

Sergei Artemov

数学

Sergei Artemov.Consistency formula is strictly stronger in PA than PA-consistency[EB/OL].(2025-08-28)[2025-09-06].https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20346.点此复制

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