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    Challenges→There exists a nonstandard model M in which all polynomial-time computable functions are total but the exponential function is not total.

    Kreisel's squeezing argument shows that provability in formal systems and truth in intended models can come apart, so model existence from consistency does not vindicate the claim about actual computational totality.

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    Come apart(as used in logic and philosophy)
    To be different or separate from each other; in this case, it means mereological structure and spatial structure could be organized differently.
    Computational totality(the claim that the argument challenges)
    The idea that everything we might want to know or prove can ultimately be calculated or figured out through computation or formal logical rules.
    Kreisel(as a historical figure in logic and philosophy of mathematics)
    Georg Kreisel (1923–2015), a mathematical logician who studied how mathematical reasoning works and whether we can be certain about mathematical truths.
    Model existence from consistency(the assumption being questioned)
    The principle that if a set of logical rules don't contradict each other, then there must exist some interpretation or 'world' where all those rules are actually true.

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    Provability in formal systems(one of the two things that can come apart)
    Whether a statement can be derived or proven using the strict rules and symbols of a mathematical or logical system (like the rules of arithmetic).
    Truth in intended models(the other thing that can come apart from provability)
    Whether a statement accurately describes reality in the way we actually want the system to apply (as opposed to some weird, unexpected interpretation).
    squeezing argument(philosophy of logic)
    Kreisel's argument that uses proof theory to support the model-theoretic definition of logical consequence, depending on the language having a sound and complete proof system

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