At first Gentzen worried that it affected what he wanted to achieve on the foundations of mathematics and he withdrew what would have been his second paper after he had corrected the final proofs because of worries about the significance of Gödel 's theorems.
Sa unang Gentzen nag-aalala na ito apektado siya kung ano ang kinakailangan upang makamit sa komunidad ng matematika at siya withdrew kung ano ang kanyang ikalawang papel pagkatapos niya Nawastong ang huling proofs dahil sa mga alalahanin tungkol sa kahalagahan ng Gödel 's theorems.