Peano arithmetic

English

Etymology

Named after Italian mathematician Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932).

Noun

Peano arithmetic (uncountable)

(logic) A set of axioms of first-order logic for the natural numbers specifying the operations of zero, successor, addition and multiplication, including a first-order schema of induction.

See also

Presburger arithmetic

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