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Re:List of Statements Independent of ZFC by baddox on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @07:53PM (#21831085)
How do finitists describe the decimal representation of the fraction 1/3?
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Re:List of Statements Independent of ZFC by improv32 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:05PM (#21831710)
I don't think finitists have a problem with convergent sequences, they just wouldn't talk about infinities, rather than extending the sequence gets you as arbitrarily to 1/3 as you wish to go
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