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Peano's axioms

British  
/ pɪˈɑːnəʊz /

plural noun

  1. a set of axioms that yield the arithmetic of the natural numbers

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Etymology

Origin of Peano's axioms

named after Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Italian mathematician

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To turn Peano’s axioms into music, Marthinsen assigned each logical symbol to a musical note to create short musical phrases, which he calls gödelings.

From Nature • Jul. 2, 2014

Peano’s axioms can be expressed in the notation of symbolic logic, from which all basic arithmetical operations, such as multiplication, can be derived.

From Nature • Jul. 2, 2014

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