What the Liar taught Achilles (Q1283319): Difference between revisions

The paper employs a language with self-referential capabilities, which is given a Łukasiewicz infinite-valued semantics. Self-referential sentences are associated with an iterative algorithm which generates a series of real numbers between 0 and 1. It is shown that with appropriate choice of ``liar-like'' sentences, the sequences generated are chaotic, and that they may have fractal representations. The paper also notes that similar sequences can be generated by Zenonian ``runs'' of certain kinds.