A Century of Controversy over the Foundations of Mathematics

1999/08/27 by G. J. Chaitin, Chaitin, G. J.
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.chao-dyn/9909001

arxiv created 1999/08/27 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

This is the transcript of a lecture given at UMass-Lowell in which I compare and contrast the work of Godel and of Turing and my own work on incompleteness. I also discuss randomness in physics vs randomness in pure mathematics.

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