The Solution of the P vs NP. Why the P=NP cannot be Proved in Peano Arithmetic and Why Eventually, We can Prove the P≠NP in 1st order ZFC Set Theory

Authors

  • Kyritsis Konstantinos University of Ioannina, School of Economics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63002/jrecs.405.1768

Keywords:

3rd Clay Millennium problem, EXPTIME-complete problems, NP complexity, P-complexity

Abstract

The millennium problem P vs NP problem, has resisted any solution more than half a century now. This is not without a good reason. In this work we prove that P ≠NP in 1st order FC set theory. In order to prove it, we use the method of Martin Davis in the solution of the 10th Hilbert problem about the Diophantine equations, where he derives a non-provability in the logic of Peano axiomatic system (which is that there is a Diophantine equation which has no solution, but this is not provable), from a non-recursive enumerability of non-solvable Diophantine equations. We transfer this method in the case of the non-recursive enumerability, that the Rice-Shapiro theorem or other methods gives. Then we derive easily the above mentioned result.

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Published

02-10-2026