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- From: fc03@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Frederick W. Chapman)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: You know, the integers (was: Re: Stupid question about FLT)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.132554.152734@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 13:25:54 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
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- In article <1992Jul20.173716.6310@galois.mit.edu>,
- tycchow@riesz.mit.edu (Timothy Y. Chow) writes:
-
- >Perhaps you might try to use the fact that in ZFC one can formulate a
- >proof that any two Peano structures are isomorphic. In that case,
- >consider nonstandard models of ZFC...
-
- If I am not mistaken, there are no *KNOWN* models for ZFC, standard or
- otherwise! The consistency of ZFC set theory is not known; if a model
- for ZFC were to exist, then ZFC would be consistent.
-
- I can't speak for anyone else, but I find the notion that the
- consistency of ZFC has not yet been established to be the most
- singularly disturbing mathematical news to ever reach my ears, given
- that ZFC is intended to serve as a foundation for the rest of
- mathematics.
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