ultrafinitism

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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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