What the Liar taught Achilles (Q1283319)

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    What the Liar taught Achilles (English)
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    28 October 1999
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    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.
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    self-reference
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    liar paradox
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    Zeno's paradoxes
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    chaos
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    Łukasiewicz infinite-valued semantics
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    fractal
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