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finitism

noun

Meaning

  1. An extreme form of constructivism, according to which a mathematical object does not exist unless it can be constructed from natural numbers in a finite number of steps.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

postulatory(English)ultrafinitism(English)constructivism(English)infinitism(English)formalism(English)antimatroid(English)intuitionism(English)infinite descent(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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