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A question about FOL theories and models

Subject: A question about FOL theories and models
From: Nam Nguyen
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:57:59 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.logic
ZF(C), after all, is just one theory out of infinite number
of 1st order ones. (Formally, FOL framework never insists that
we have to know about ZFC to formalize a different theory.)

Assuming we've formalized a theory G of "geometry", how could we prove
that the 5th "postulate" - as an axiom - is unprovable in G, without
mentioning anything about ZF(C)? In other words, how could we possibly
come up with a specific model of G in which the 5th is false? Thanks.
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