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Peano's axioms

/ ɪˈɑːəʊ /

plural noun

  1. a set of axioms that yield the arithmetic of the natural numbers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Peano's axioms1

named after Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Italian mathematician
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To turn Peano’s axioms into music, Marthinsen assigned each logical symbol to a musical note to create short musical phrases, which he calls gödelings.

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Peano’s axioms can be expressed in the notation of symbolic logic, from which all basic arithmetical operations, such as multiplication, can be derived.

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