Alphabeta Math
CounterexampleConstruction: AI-adaptedVerification: AI-adaptedSession-authored (Fable 5 assisted)precheck passverified 2026-08-02 (claude-opus-5)
How statement and proof provenance work

The first chip identifies the source of the statement or construction; the second identifies the source of its local proof or verification.

  • Literature-sourced — the exact statement appears in a cited source; only wording and notation differ.
  • AI-adapted — a semantically identical restatement of literature-sourced material, modulo indexing, notation, and boundary cases adopted by the library.
  • AI-generated — a genuinely novel statement formulated by AI, with no source for the claim itself.

These labels describe origin, not correctness: citations and verification chips remain separate evidence.

Injectivity of the successor is independent of the other Peano axioms

Statement refuted

Refuted claim: (P2) injectivity of σ\sigma follows from (P1) 00 is not a successor together with (P3) induction. The witness is the three-element system N={0,1,2}N = \{0, 1, 2\} with σ(0)=1\sigma(0) = 1, σ(1)=2\sigma(1) = 2, σ(2)=2\sigma(2) = 2.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: N={0,1,2}N = \{0, 1, 2\}, base point 00, σ(0)=1\sigma(0) = 1, σ(1)=2\sigma(1) = 2, σ(2)=2\sigma(2) = 2.

[L1]

The Peano axioms (Peano system).

Counterexample

technique · direct
1.1

P1 holds: the values of σ\sigma are σ(0)=1\sigma(0) = 1, σ(1)=2\sigma(1) = 2, σ(2)=2\sigma(2) = 2, none of which is 00, so σ(x)0\sigma(x) \neq 0 for all xx.

givenL1
1.2

P3 holds: if SNS \subseteq N with 0S0 \in S and SS closed under σ\sigma, then 0S0 \in S forces 1=σ(0)S1 = \sigma(0) \in S, then 2=σ(1)S2 = \sigma(1) \in S, so S={0,1,2}=NS = \{0, 1, 2\} = N; thus induction holds.

givenL1
1.3

P2 fails: σ(1)=2=σ(2)\sigma(1) = 2 = \sigma(2) but 121 \neq 2, so σ\sigma is not injective.

givenL1
2.1

So (N,0,σ)(N, 0, \sigma) satisfies P1 and P3 but not P2, refuting the claim; note the failure permits the pathology σ(2)=2\sigma(2) = 2 (a number that is its own successor) and a finite model in which distinct numerals collapse.

step 1.1step 1.2step 1.3

Depends on

Used by

Nothing in the library uses this result yet.

Dependency tree · next 3 levels

Direct dependencies and their dependencies through the next three levels: 10 results over 6 levels. An arrow runs from a result to what uses it, and this result sits at the bottom with a heavier outline. Click the chart to enlarge it.

Sources