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Epsilon calculus

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In logic, Hilbert's epsilon calculus is an extension of a formal language by the epsilon operator, where the epsilon operator substitutes for quantifiers in that language as a method leading to a proof of consistency for the extended formal language. The epsilon operator and epsilon substitution method are typically applied to a first-order predicate calculus, followed by a demonstration of consistency. The epsilon-extended calculus is further extended and generalized to cover those mathematical objects, classes, and categories for which there is a desire to show consistency, building on previously-shown consistency at earlier levels.[1]

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Epsilon operator

Hilbert notation

For any formal language L, extend L by adding the epsilon operator to redefine quantification:

The intended interpretation of ϵx A is some x that satisfies A, if it exists. In other words, ϵx A returns some term t such that A(t) is true, otherwise it returns some default or arbitrary term. If more than one term can satisfy A, then any one of these terms (which make A true) can be chosen, non-deterministically. Equality is required to be defined under L, and the only rules required for L extended by the epsilon operator are modus ponens and the substitution of A(t) to replace A(x) for any term t.[2]

Bourbaki notation

In tau-square notation from N. Bourbaki's Theory of Sets, the quantifiers are defined as follows:

where A is a relation in L, x is a variable, and juxtaposes a at the front of A, replaces all instances of x with , and links them back to . Then let Y be an assembly, (Y|x)A denotes the replacement of all variables x in A with Y.

This notation is equivalent to the Hilbert notation and is read the same. It is used by Bourbaki to define cardinal assignment since they do not use the axiom of replacement.

Defining quantifiers in this way leads to great inefficiencies. For instance, the expansion of Bourbaki's original definition of the number one, using this notation, has length approximately 4.5 × 1012, and for a later edition of Bourbaki that combined this notation with the Kuratowski definition of ordered pairs, this number grows to approximately 2.4 × 1054.[3]

Modern approaches

Hilbert's program for mathematics was to justify those formal systems as consistent in relation to constructive or semi-constructive systems. While Gödel's results on incompleteness mooted Hilbert's Program to a great extent, modern researchers find the epsilon calculus to provide alternatives for approaching proofs of systemic consistency as described in the epsilon substitution method.

Epsilon substitution method

A theory to be checked for consistency is first embedded in an appropriate epsilon calculus. Second, a process is developed for re-writing quantified theorems to be expressed in terms of epsilon operations via the epsilon substitution method. Finally, the process must be shown to normalize the re-writing process, so that the re-written theorems satisfy the axioms of the theory.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Stanford, overview section
  2. ^ Stanford, the epsilon calculus section
  3. ^ Mathias, A. R. D. (2002), "A term of length 4 523 659 424 929" (PDF), Synthese, 133 (1–2): 75–86, doi:10.1023/A:1020827725055, MR 1950044.
  4. ^ Stanford, more recent developments section

References

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