Meanings
nounGödel number (plural Gödel numbers)
plural Gödel numbers
- human sciencesA number uniquely assigned to each symbol, and to each well-formed formula of some formal language.
Origin
Named after Austrian mathematician and logician Kurt Gödel
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan nombre de Gödel
- nombre de Gödelnumber uniquely assigned to each symbol
French nombre de Gödel
- nombre de Gödelnumber uniquely assigned to each symbol
German Gödelnummer
- Gödelnummernumber uniquely assigned to each symbol
Italian numero di Gödel
- numero di Gödelnumber uniquely assigned to each symbol
Polish liczba Gödla
- liczba Gödlanumber uniquely assigned to each symbol
Portuguese número de Gödel
- número de Gödelnumber uniquely assigned to each symbol
Spanish número de Gödel
- número de Gödelnumber uniquely assigned to each symbol
Swedish Gödeltal
- Gödeltalnumber uniquely assigned to each symbol
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