Re: [HM] Reassurances from proofs

Martin Davis (martind@cs.berkeley.edu)
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:25:33 -0800

At 10:17 PM 11/14/98 +0000, Augusto Franco de Oliveira wrote:

> Just to remind collegues that the "proof that if ZF is consistent then ZFC
> is consistent" is carried out in ZF, by the method of inner models (Godel,
> 1939).
> AJ Franco Oliveira

In fact the proof can be carried out in much weaker systems than ZF, in
particular in PA (Peano Arithmetic).

Martin Davis