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有限函数与大基数的必要使用

Finite functions and the necessary use of large cardinals

Harvey M. Friedman

摘要:

我们提出了一个有限的数学定理,其中一些只能证明远远超出了通常的数学公理的连贯集合。这些定理的证明清楚地说明了人们如何以一种基本的方式使用被称为大基数的抽象集合论中研究得很好的高等无穷大,以便在自然数的背景下得出结果。这些发现提出了一个具体的问题,什么构成了一个有效的数学证明和数学客观性的一般问题,在一个脚踏实地的方式。大基数公理超越了数学中的一般公理,自20世纪60年代以来,它一直被广泛地应用于抽象的集合论中。我们相信,这里报告的结果是一个进化过程的早期阶段,在这个过程中,新的数学公理将以一种基本的方式在数学的更具体的部分中得到普遍使用。

英文摘要:

We present a coherent collection of finite mathematical theorems some of which can only be proved by going well beyond the usual axioms for mathematics. The proofs of these theorems illustrate in clear terms how one uses the well studied higher infinities of abstract set theory called large cardinals in an essential way in order to derive results in the context of the natural numbers. The findings raise the specific issue of what consitutes a valid mathematical proof and the general issue of objectivity in mathematics in a down to earth way. Large cardinal axioms, which go beyond the usual axioms for mathematics, have been commonly used in abstract set theory since the 1960's. We believe that the results reported on here are the early stages of an evolutionary process in which new axioms for mathematics will be commonly used in an essential way in the more concrete parts of mathematics.

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