Hilbert’s second problem

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Hilbert’s second problem is one of David Hilbert’s famous list of 23 problems, asking for a proof of the consistency of arithmetic from a finite set of axioms using finitary methods.

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Hilbert Problem 2 1
Hilbert’s second problem canonical 1

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instanceOf Hilbert problem
mathematical problem
aimsToSecure consistency of basic mathematical theories
reliability of arithmetic
asksFor proof of the consistency of arithmetic
cataloguedIn lists of famous unsolved mathematical problems
concerns axiomatization of arithmetic
consistency of arithmetic
finitary methods
connectedToResult Gentzen’s consistency proof for arithmetic
Gödel's incompleteness theorems
surface form: Gödel’s second incompleteness theorem
field foundations of mathematics
mathematical logic
proof theory
hasAbbreviation Hilbert’s second problem self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hilbert Problem 2
hasAlternativeName consistency of arithmetic problem
hasHistoricalContext Hilbert’s program to secure foundations of mathematics
hasInterpretationIssue meaning of finitary methods
scope of arithmetic whose consistency is required
hasLongTermImpact formalism in mathematics
metamathematics
philosophy of mathematics
influenced development of mathematical logic in the 20th century
development of proof theory
languageOfOriginalFormulation German
listedAsNumber 2
motivated search for finitary consistency proofs
oftenDiscussedIn foundations of mathematics courses
logic textbooks
originalPublication Hilbert problems
surface form: “Mathematische Probleme”
originalPublicationVenue Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
surface form: Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
originalPublicationYear 1900
partOf Hilbert problems
surface form: Hilbert’s list of 23 problems
presentedAt International Congress of Mathematicians
surface form: International Congress of Mathematicians 1900
presentedInCity Paris
relatedTo Gödel's incompleteness theorems
surface form: Gödel’s incompleteness theorems

Hilbert’s program
Peano arithmetic
consistency proofs
ordinal analysis
proof-theoretic reducibility
requires finitary proof methods
finite set of axioms
statedBy David Hilbert
status partially resolved
yearProposed 1900

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Hilbert problems hasPart Hilbert’s second problem
Hilbert’s second problem hasAbbreviation Hilbert’s second problem self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hilbert Problem 2