Number theory and elementary arithmetic

Philosophia Mathematica 11 (3):257-284 (2003)
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is a fragment of first-order aritlimetic so weak that it cannot prove the totality of an iterated exponential fimction. Surprisingly, however, the theory is remarkably robust. I will discuss formal results that show that many theorems of number theory and combinatorics are derivable in elementary arithmetic, and try to place these results in a broader philosophical context

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Jeremy Avigad
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