<p>On 20 March 1956, Kurt Gödel wrote a famous letter to John von Neumann, in which he formulated the P versus NP question. 
Here is a link to that letter:  <a href="https://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~krajicek/goedel-letter.pdf" rel="noreferrer">[pdf of letter]</a></p>

<p>I cant seem to find John von Neumann's answer to Gödel's letter online.<br>
Was there one ?</p>

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2018-07-15T16:22:53.917Z
Famously, there is no known answer to this letter (von Neumann was, I believe, in poor health at the time), but I'm struggling to come up with a reference at the moment.
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@cody, Gödel's own letter mentions von Neumann's poor health.
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Did von Neumann answer to Gödel's letter?
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# Did von Neumann answer to Gödel's letter?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-15)

On 20 March 1956, Kurt Gödel wrote a famous letter to John von Neumann, in which he formulated the P versus NP question.
Here is a link to that letter: [[pdf of letter]](https://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~krajicek/goedel-letter.pdf)

I cant seem to find John von Neumann's answer to Gödel's letter online.  
Was there one ?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Famously, there is no known answer to this letter (von Neumann was, I believe, in poor health at the time), but I'm struggling to come up with a reference at the moment.  
> **username_2**: @username_1, Gödel's own letter mentions von Neumann's poor health.  

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