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undecidable

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Meaning

  1. adjective Incapable of being algorithmically decided in finite time. For example, a set of strings is undecidable if it is impossible to program a computer (even one with infinite memory) to determine whether or not specified strings are included.
  2. adjective (of a WFF) logically independent from the axioms of a given theory; i.e., that it can never be either proved or disproved (i.e., have its negation proved) on the basis of the axioms of the given theory. (Note: this latter definition is independent of any time bounds or computability issues, i.e., more Platonic.)

Similar words

undecideable noncomputable uncomputable incomputable non-computable indefiable undecodeable uncomputerizable undecayable indeterminate

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Word family

undecidability

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