benelliott comments on Edward Nelson claims proof of inconsistency in Peano Arithmetic - Less Wrong

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Comment author: benelliott 30 September 2011 09:11:39PM 3 points [-]

Cauchy? Don't you mean Lamé?

From what gathered both went down a similar route at the same time, although it is possible that I am mistaken in this. I named Cauchy as he seems to be the best-known of the two, and therefore the one with the highest absolutely-positively-not-just-some-crank factor.

Anyway if you lose the bet 1 = 0 therefore you don't need to transfer any money.

If I lose the bet (not that anyone has yet agreed to accept the bet), then payment will be based on restricted number theory without the axiom of induction.