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Martin Hugo Lob

BIRTH DATE:  3/31/1921
DEATH DATE:  8/21/06
CRAFT:  Mathematics
NATIONALITY:  German
PROFESSION:  mathematician
TRAVELS:  Lob's Paradox occurs in naive set theory or naive logics, and allows the derivation of an arbitrary sentence from a self-referring sentence , e.g. "If this sentence is true, then Santa Claus exists."
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