Gödel

American  

[gœd-l] / ˈgœd l /

noun

1. Kurt 1906–78, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Austria-Hungary.

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Gödel British  

/ ˈɡɜːdəl /

noun

1. Kurt (kʊrt). 1906–78, US logician and mathematician, born in Austria-Hungary. He showed ( Gödel's proof ) that in a formal axiomatic system, such as logic or mathematics, it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system

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Gödel Scientific  

/ gŭd′l /

1. Austrian-born American mathematician who in 1931 published the most important axiom in modern mathematics, known as Gödel's proof. It states that in any finite mathematical system, there will always be statements that cannot be proved or disproved. Gödel's proof ended efforts by mathematicians to find a mathematical system that was entirely consistent in itself.

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Example Sentences

In 1991 Douglas Hofstadter, the author of Gödel, Escher, Bach, organized scientists to write letters to the Nobel Committee recommending Wu for the physics prize.

From Scientific American • Mar. 16, 2023

With these two premises, Gödel can derive his first theorem: If φ is a positive property, then there is a possibility that an x with property φ exists.

From Scientific American • Oct. 4, 2022

The mathematician Kurt Gödel upended his profession’s assumptions with his “incompleteness theorem,” presented in 1930, when he was 24.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

Interestingly and also tragically, Gödel himself would come to embody this untenable jumble, swinging between bouts of exacting lucidity and utter delusion.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2021