Richard's paradox
Richard's paradox is a falsidical paradox of mathematical mapping first described by the French mathematician Jules Richard in 1905. Today, it is ordinarily used in order to show the importance of carefully distinguishing between mathematics and metamathematics.
See also
- Berry paradox, which also uses numbers definable by language.
- algorithmic information theory
- Gödel's proof
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Description of the paradox |
| ► | Resolving the paradox |
| ► | See also |
| ► | References |
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