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Re:Opinions of Doron Zeilberger by epgui on Friday January 19, 2024 @04:29PM (#39061462)
Within certain parameters, that's right.

And that probably makes as much sense (if not more) as the alternative for all I know. There is a way to think of mathematics as corresponding to computation in a way where anything that cannot be computed cannot be proven. If you cannot "construct" or "compute" infinity, then you cannot say that it exists.

I think what I am describing corresponds to the "constructivist" view of mathematics, but tbh I don't know enough about this to say whether the framework allows for infinities.

Re:Opinions of Doron Zeilberger by flir on Friday January 19, 2024 @06:05PM (#39062589)
<sotto voce>These people are crazy
Re:Opinions of Doron Zeilberger by epgui on Monday January 22, 2024 @10:20PM (#39099194)
What do you mean?