finitism

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finitism noun

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.

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postulatory ultrafinitism constructivism infinitism formalism antimatroid intuitionism infinite descent cofinality infinitization finite geometry mathematical realism constructive logic theory infinitesimalization finite continued fraction

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