Abstract
Two results of elementary number theory, going back to Kürschák and Nagell, stating that the sums Σik=1 mi/n+i (with k ≥ 1, (mi,n + i) = 1, mi < n + i) and Σik=0 1/m+in (with n, m, k positive integers) are never integers, are shown to hold in PA-, a very weak arithmetic, whose axiom system has no induction axiom.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 425-429 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Kaye's PA
- Kürschák's theorem
- Nagell's theorem
- Weak arithmetic
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Logic
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