World's shortest explanation of Gödel's theorem

• Published in 2009
• Added on 2020-10-16

A while back I started writing up an article titled "World's shortest explanation of Gödel's theorem". But I didn't finish it, and later I encountered Raymond Smullyan's version, which is much shorter anyway. So here, shamelessly stolen from Smullyan, is the World's shortest explanation of Gödel's theorem.

Links

• https://blog.plover.com/math/Gdl-Smullyan.html

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BibTeX entry

@article{WorldsshortestexplanationofGdelstheorem,
	key = {WorldsshortestexplanationofGdelstheorem},
	type = {article},
	title = {World's shortest explanation of G{\"{o}}del's theorem},
	author = {Mark Dominus},
	abstract = {A while back I started writing up an article titled "World's shortest explanation of G{\"{o}}del's theorem". But I didn't finish it, and later I encountered Raymond Smullyan's version, which is much shorter anyway. So here, shamelessly stolen from Smullyan, is the World's shortest explanation of G{\"{o}}del's theorem.},
	comment = {},
	date_added = {2020-10-16},
	date_published = {2009-10-09},
	urls = {https://blog.plover.com/math/Gdl-Smullyan.html},
	collections = {about-proof,attention-grabbing-titles,easily-explained,fun-maths-facts},
	url = {https://blog.plover.com/math/Gdl-Smullyan.html},
	year = 2009,
	urldate = {2020-10-16}
}