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Chapter 6, Problem 6.178

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As strange as it may seem, it is possible to give a preciselooking verbal denition of an integer that, in fact, is not a denition at all. The following was devised by an English librarian, G. G. Berry, and reported by Bertrand Russell. Explain how it leads to a contradiction. Let n be the smallest integer not describable in fewer than 12 English words. (Note that the total number of strings consisting of 11 or fewer English words is nite.)

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