Metamathematics
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title:
Metamathematics
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Metamathematics is the study of mathematics itself using mathematical methods. This study produces metatheories, which are mathematical theories about other mathematical theories. Emphasis on metamathematics owes itself to David Hilbert's attempt to secure the foundations of mathematics in the early part of the 20th century. Metamathematics provides "a rigorous mathematical technique for investigating a great variety of foundation problems for mathematics and logic". An important feature of meta
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Study of mathematics itself
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamathematics
date created:
2003-02-15T09:10:18Z
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2024-08-31T20:35:03Z
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