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beyond even Einstein who required help from Hilbert himself. These axioms are capable of describing the macroscopic movement of bodies at the largest scale, and are consistent in themselves. However, the combination of this and the axioms of quantum field theory does not represent the full axiomatisation of physics as they are not consistent with each other, because quantum field theory disrupts space time in such a way that general relativity breaks down. One of the many proposed theories that attempts to overcome this problem, is string theory, or more precisely supersymmeric string theory, often shortened to superstring theory. In this model, all elementary particles are replaced by one dimensional strings, as this is a continually developing theory it is not fully reducible to axioms, however, you can find further reading here 12 about such an attempt. I believe that whilst many steps have been taken towards the completion of Hilbert’s 6 th problem, it remains to be seen whether a complete solution will ever be found and looks likely to provide mathematicians and physicists with work for many years to come. Indeed, physics, as a branch of mathematics is theoretically inexhaustible, according to Gödel.
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Division by 9
Sum the number's digits. If it divides by 9, you're in luck. As with the tests for 3 and 6, you can keep adding numbers until you're left with only one digit.
12 http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0011065v1.pdf
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