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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Gödel, in fact, wrote an ontological proof in the mid 20th century that attempted to use logic to establish that God exists.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 12, 2022

But in 1931 Austrian mathematician Kurt Gödel recognized that the system has a fundamental defect: it is incomplete.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2021

The Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach inspired legions of computer scientists in 1979, but few were as inspired as Melanie Mitchell.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2021

In 1947, having left Nazi-occupied Vienna for the quaint idyll of Princeton, N.J., seven years before, the mathematician Kurt Gödel was studying for his citizenship exam and became preoccupied with the mechanisms of American government.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 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