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P is not equal to NP

Abstract

SAT is not in P, is true and provable in a simply consistent extension B' of a first order theory B of computing, with a single finite axiom characterizing a universal Turing machine. Therefore, P is not equal to NP, is true and provable in a simply consistent extension B" of B.Comment: In the 2nd printing the proof, in the 1st printing, of theorem 1 is divided into three parts a new lemma 4, a new corollary 8, and the remaining part of the original proof. The 2nd printing contains some simplifications, more explanations, but no error has been correcte

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