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Decidable

A ``theory'' in Logic is decidable if there is an Algorithm that will decide on input $\phi$ whether or not $\phi$ is a Sentence true of the Field of Real Numbers $\Bbb{R}$.

See also Church's Thesis, Gödel's Completeness Theorem, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, Kreisel Conjecture, Tarski's Theorem, Undecidable, Universal Statement


References

Kemeny, J. G. ``Undecidable Problems of Elementary Number Theory.'' Math. Ann. 135, 160-169, 1958.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-24