Description
Gödel's Completeness Theorem: T ⊨ φ iff T ⊢ φ. Every consistent first-order theory has a model. Proof via Henkin construction: extend to maximal consistent Henkin theory, build term model.
Source: Gödel, Über die Vollständigkeit des Logikkalküls (1930); Henkin, The completeness of the first-order functional calculus (1949)
Dependency Flowchart
graph TD
RefSound["Ref: Soundness (Part 4)"]
DefConsistent["Def: T consistent iff T ⊬ ⊥"]
DefMaxCons["Def: Maximal consistent: T maximal, consistent"]
LemLindenbaum["Lem: Lindenbaum: every consistent T extends to maximal consistent Δ"]
DefHenkin["Def: Henkin theory: ∃xφ ∈ Δ ⇒ φ(c/x) ∈ Δ for some constant c"]
LemHenkinExt["Lem: Every consistent T extends to Henkin theory T' in expanded language"]
LemTermModel["Lem: From maximal Henkin T'', build term model M: |M| = closed terms, truth = membership"]
ThmCompleteness["Thm: Completeness: T consistent ⇒ T has model"]
CorCompact["Cor: Compactness: T ⊨ φ ⇒ finite T₀ ⊆ T with T₀ ⊨ φ"]
RefSound --> ThmCompleteness
DefConsistent --> DefMaxCons
DefMaxCons --> LemLindenbaum
LemLindenbaum --> LemHenkinExt
DefHenkin --> LemHenkinExt
LemHenkinExt --> LemTermModel
LemTermModel --> ThmCompleteness
ThmCompleteness --> CorCompact
classDef definition fill:#b197fc,color:#fff,stroke:#9775fa
classDef lemma fill:#74c0fc,color:#fff,stroke:#4dabf7
classDef theorem fill:#51cf66,color:#fff,stroke:#40c057
classDef corollary fill:#1abc9c,color:#fff,stroke:#16a085
classDef ref fill:#bdc3c7,color:#333,stroke:#95a5a6
class RefSound ref
class DefConsistent,DefMaxCons,DefHenkin definition
class LemLindenbaum,LemHenkinExt,LemTermModel lemma
class ThmCompleteness theorem
class CorCompact corollary
Color Scheme
Purple Definitions
Blue Lemmas
Teal Theorems
Green Corollaries
Gray References
Process Statistics
- Nodes: 10
- Edges: 11
- Axioms: 0
- Definitions: 3
- Lemmas: 3
- Theorems: 1
- Corollaries: 1
- References: 1