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- 6. mathematician who tried to measure the angles in a 46d determined by three mountain peaks to determine the actual 62a of the universe
- 8. Escher's lithograph with many staircases, reprinted in the chapter
- 9. these have two levels of meaning in 35a
- 10. collection of musical pieces by Bach referenced in the dialogue
- 13. what the isomorphism from letters to 40d is an example of
- 15. adjective for 62a unwittingly studied by 7d; also gotten by asserting the existence of two lines 4d to a given line and containing a given point not on the given line
- 17. location of a building in a woodcut by Escher featured in the chapter
- 19. see 16d
- 20. like viewing Godel's theorem as a discovery of a difference between human reasoning and mathematical reasoning, according to Hofstadter
- 21. physicist whose "general" theory said that matter content determines the universe's 62a
- 25. Record Player ___, 54d's invention, which can change its own structure
- 26. one level of meaning had by the 9a in the dialogue
- 27. formal systems can be ___ into one another
- 28. low-___, like a record player incapable of making the sounds that would cause it to be 52a
- 30. the sequence of these induced in a record player by a record is the second level of meaning had by 9a in the dialogue
- 31. see 39d
- 35. the dialogue that we read for today
- 36. like 64a
- 38. J. ___ Bach
- 41. one of five given by 61a
- 42. room in the Tortoise's house where the dialogue takes place
- 43. piece in 10a referenced in the dialogue
- 48. ___ arithmetic, the core of number theory which will be formalized in Chapter 8
- 50. the only surviving work of 61a
- 52. Like 54d's first record player, after it tried to play Tortoise's first composition
- 53. avocation for Bach, according to Achilles
- 55. the opposite of 37d
- 56. adjective to describe 54d's record player, according to its salesman
- 57. kind of poem proposed by Tortoise like 73a but where the initial letters are to be read backwards
- 61. he systemized 62a in 300 BC
- 62. one of three nouns in the chapter title, from the Ancient Greek for "land measurement"
- 63. Hungarian mathematician who co-discovered non-61a-ian 62a
- 64. it's no 64a that this word appears twice in the dialogue!
- 65. composer of "Wellington's Victory"
- 68. providing this allows one to see that the answers to the questions in the clues 29d and 33d are "no" and "no"
- 70. like supposed proofs of 61a's 23d 41a from the first four
- 71. isomorphisms are the key element in Hofstadter's answer to the question "what is ___?"
- 73. kind of poem written by 60d+72d where the first letters of the lines spell out a hidden word or phrase
- 74. adjective for 62a that follows from only 61a's 23d 1,2,3 and 4.
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- 1. adjective for 62a gotten by asserting the existence of no lines 4d to a given line and containing a given point not on the given line
- 2. virtue found in 50a
- 3. 45d for Tortoise from Achilles
- 4. adjective describing a line that does not intersect a given line
- 5. what salesmen notoriously are, according to Achilles
- 7. he assumed the negation of 61a's 23d 41a and tried to find a contradiction
- 11. key verb in the definition of 56a
- 12. Hofstadter's 68a understands "q" in the pq-system as meaning "___ than or equal to"
- 14. Godel's ___ theorem
- 16. playing the 47d B-A-C-H in this way does not change it, if it is also played 19a
- 18. the kind of reasoning Godel's theorem applies to
- 22. what the conversion of 40d to sounds is an example of
- 23. 61a's ___ 23d was neither terse nor elegant
- 24. one of three nouns in the chapter title, the property a formal system has under an interpretation when its theorems are true statements
- 29. the modified pq-system is inconsistent with the ___ world?
- 32. what Tortoise's first composition cannot be, at least by record player 1
- 33. the modified pq-system is features ___ inconsistency?
- 34. Hofstadter lets Bach's last page serve as this for the late composer
- 37. like meaning that a very simple or very familiar isomorphism allows us to see
- 39. what the 3d does when Tortoise plays a 31a
- 40. the letters in Bach's last name, in Germany at least
- 44. like 54d's expectations regarding record players
- 45. what Tortoise's first composition is for 54d
- 46. polygon with three sides
- 47. what Bach's surname constitutes, on one interpretation
- 49. counterpart to the mechanical mode and the intelligent mode, briefly
- 51. general term for a maker of dialogues which appears in the dialogue
- 54. friend of the Tortoise whom Achilles hasn't met yet
- 57. one of three nouns in the chapter title, the property a formal system has under an interpretation when all true statements are theorems of it
- 58. item collected by Tortoise
- 59. how the dialogue ends
- 60. first name of 72d
- 66. Hofstadter gives a so-called ___ 46d to illustrate 33d inconsistency
- 67. Escher work mentioned but not shown in the chapter wherein gravity is present like usual but space itself is abnormal
- 69. record player
- 72. last name of 60d
