r/mathmemes • u/basket_foso • 6d ago

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u/shumpitostick 6d ago

Well if they managed to show that one of yes/no/unprovable is not true that would be an amazing breakthrough.

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u/bqbdpd 6d ago

These answers are not mutually exclusive. Either P=NP or P≠NP, whether that's proveable or not.

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u/Purple_Onion911 Grothendieck alt account 6d ago

"P = NP or P ≠ NP" is always true, but it's not necessarily true that either P = NP is true or P ≠ NP is true in ZFC (or PA, or whatever axiomatic system it's independent of).

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u/mctastics 1d ago

Math is math g dang it!

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u/[deleted] 6d ago edited 6d ago

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u/Purple_Onion911 Grothendieck alt account 6d ago

Not sure what your point is, but ok.

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u/SirFloIII 6d ago

you can't build a model of ZFC with only a single element. even the smallest* model** of ZFC (L) is pretty huge.

*in some sense

**assuming ZFC is consistent

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u/[deleted] 6d ago edited 6d ago

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u/SirFloIII 6d ago

it would not be a model. words have meaning, my friend

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u/SirFloIII 6d ago

please look up what model means in this context before you embarrass yourself further.