Entscheidungsproblem
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from German Entscheidungsproblem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Entscheidungsproblem
- (mathematics, logic) A decision problem of finding a way to decide whether a formula is true or provable within a given system.
- 1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon:
- ‘The Entscheidungsproblem,’ Rudy said. ‘Meaning?’ Alan explained, ‘Hilbert wanted to know whether any given statement could, in principle, be found true or false.’
- 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 279:
- Turing was attending Max Newman's lectures on the foundations of mathematics when the Entscheidungsproblem first attracted his attention.
Hypernyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Entscheidungsproblem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Entscheidung + -s- + Problem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Entscheidungsproblem n (strong, genitive Entscheidungsproblems, plural Entscheidungsprobleme)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Entscheidungsproblem [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Entscheidungsproblem | die | Entscheidungsprobleme |
genitive | eines | des | Entscheidungsproblems | der | Entscheidungsprobleme |
dative | einem | dem | Entscheidungsproblem | den | Entscheidungsproblemen |
accusative | ein | das | Entscheidungsproblem | die | Entscheidungsprobleme |
Hypernyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: Entscheidungsproblem
Further reading
[edit]- “Entscheidungsproblem” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Entscheidungsproblem” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- entscheidbar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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