Description
PA as a first-order theory. Gödel numbering: encoding terms, formulas, and proofs as natural numbers. Primitive recursive functions. Representability in PA: formulas that strongly represent recursive relations.
Source: Gödel, Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze (1931); Smith, An Introduction to Gödel's Theorems
Dependency Flowchart
graph TD
RefPA["Ref: PA (Charts 1–3)"]
DefLPA["Def: Language L_PA (0, S, +, ·)"]
DefAxPA["Def: Axioms of PA (induction schema)"]
DefGodelNum["Def: Gödel numbering: #(term), #(formula), #(proof)"]
DefPrimRec["Def: Primitive recursive functions"]
LemPrimRec["Lem: Gödel numbering is primitive recursive"]
DefNum["Def: Numeral n̄ for n ∈ ℕ"]
DefSubst["Def: Substitution sub(φ, x, t) = φ(t/x)"]
LemSubstPR["Lem: sub is primitive recursive"]
DefRep["Def: Strong representability: R(n) ↔ PA ⊢ ρ(n̄)"]
LemRep["Lem: Recursive relations are representable in PA"]
DefProof["Def: Proof predicate Prf(m,n): m codes proof of formula #n"]
LemProofRep["Lem: Prf is representable in PA"]
RefPA --> DefLPA
RefPA --> DefAxPA
DefLPA --> DefGodelNum
DefAxPA --> DefGodelNum
DefAxPA --> DefRep
DefPrimRec --> LemPrimRec
DefGodelNum --> LemPrimRec
DefNum --> DefSubst
DefSubst --> LemSubstPR
LemPrimRec --> LemSubstPR
LemPrimRec --> LemRep
LemRep --> LemProofRep
DefSubst --> LemProofRep
DefRep --> LemProofRep
classDef definition fill:#b197fc,color:#fff,stroke:#9775fa
classDef lemma fill:#74c0fc,color:#fff,stroke:#4dabf7
classDef ref fill:#bdc3c7,color:#333,stroke:#95a5a6
class RefPA ref
class DefLPA,DefAxPA,DefGodelNum,DefPrimRec,DefNum,DefSubst,DefRep,DefProof definition
class LemPrimRec,LemSubstPR,LemRep,LemProofRep lemma
Color Scheme
Purple Definitions
Blue Lemmas
Gray References
Process Statistics
- Nodes: 14
- Edges: 18
- Axioms: 0
- Definitions: 9
- Lemmas: 4
- Theorems: 0
- Corollaries: 0
- References: 1