Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

godel

Proper Noun

ˈɡɜːdəl

Definition

Gödel refers to Kurt Gödel, an influential logician and mathematician known for his incompleteness theorems.

Examples

Kurt Gödel was born in Austria in 1906.
His incompleteness theorems changed the landscape of mathematical logic.
Many consider Gödel’s work to be as important as Einstein’s in the field of mathematics.

Meaning

He is renowned for demonstrating that in any sufficiently powerful logical system, there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the system. This has profound implications for the foundations of mathematics and formal logic.