Three-quantifier sentences

Harvey M. Friedman

Fundamenta Mathematicae (2003)

  • Volume: 177, Issue: 3, page 213-240
  • ISSN: 0016-2736

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We give a complete proof that all 3-quantifier sentences in the primitive notation of set theory (∈, =), are decided in ZFC, and in fact in a weak fragment of ZF without the power set axiom. We obtain information concerning witnesses of 2-quantifier formulas with one free variable. There is a 5-quantifier sentence that is not decided in ZFC (see [2]).

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Harvey M. Friedman. "Three-quantifier sentences." Fundamenta Mathematicae 177.3 (2003): 213-240. <http://eudml.org/doc/283350>.

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