For theories such as arithmetic that intend to describe an infinite collection of objects, even a matter as elementary as the question of the cardinality of the range of the second-order quantifiers, is equivalent to the continuum problem.
For whether-questions (indeed, for all elementary questions in the view of some), the question-answer relationship can be defined in purely formal terms.
We show that in the general case, very elementary questions about properties of the OLS-set are computationally intractable (assuming P ≠ NP).
While these kinds of elementary questions have for the most part been absent from the national conversation about Newtown, this latest horrific massacre has arguably generated more gendered analysis than any of the previous ones.
His moral code is a question of the "elementary reflexes of human dignity and honour".
"Part of its appeal is that it's an elementary question".
Turing did not explicitly discuss the question of the speed of his elementary actions.
An investigation was begun in August 1899, and The New York Tribune noted that Horgan could not answer "even the most elementary questions in physics and mechanics" -- Horgan claimed that the questions were outside the scope of the investigation.
Yet elementary questions about what happened at the school remain unanswered.
Some veteran executives simply don't want to ask elementary questions and reveal their lack of knowledge, especially to rookie employees.
