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 second incompleteness theorem ⓘ
field foundations of mathematics ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
proof theory ⓘ
hasAbbreviation 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 “Mathematische Probleme” ⓘ
linked to: Hilbert problems
originalPublicationVenue Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1900 ⓘ
partOf Hilbert’s list of 23 problems ⓘ
linked to: Hilbert problems
presentedAt International Congress of Mathematicians 1900 ⓘ
presentedInCity Paris ⓘ
relatedTo 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 Problem 2 ⓘ
linked to: Hilbert’s second problem