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Was Gödel's second incompleteness theorem really von Neumann's? Part II
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Was Gödel's second incompleteness theorem really von Neumann's? Part II

Gödel never produced a proof but told von Neumann he had one to prevent the Hungarian from publishing his

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This is the concluding part of a two-part post examining recent historical evidence on the discovery of the second incompleteness theorem. The first part of this story can be found here. A summary of the…

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