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Past exam of the model theory and Gödel's incompleteness theorems course of the University of Oxford 2008 A 3 b Solution by
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Classical logic proves . By the derivability conditions,Compose this with the supplied formalized deduction implication from to its left-hand side. Then provesand thereforeThe other supplied assumption says this is impossible if is first-order consistent. Thus is inconsistent. By the deduction theorem, inconsistency after adjoining yields , henceThis establishes Löb's inference rule using precisely the strengthened unprovability assumption and the formalized deduction property supplied in the question.
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