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- In foundations of mathematics: Intuitionistic logic
…even more extreme position, called ultrafinitism, maintains that even very large numbers do not exist, say numbers greater than 10(1010). Of course, the vast majority of mathematicians reject this view by referring to 10(1010) + 1, but the true believers have subtle ways of getting around this objection, which, however,…
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