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Ultrafinitism vs Finitism - What's the difference?

ultrafinitism | finitism | Derived terms |

Finitism is a derived term of ultrafinitism.



In mathematics terms the difference between ultrafinitism and finitism

is that ultrafinitism is a form of finitism that is even more extreme in that it denies those constructs whose construction cannot be physically performed (such as a number that no human could have time to calculate) while finitism is 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.

ultrafinitism

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia ultrafinitism)
  • (mathematics) A form of finitism that is even more extreme in that it denies those constructs whose construction cannot be physically performed (such as a number that no human could have time to calculate).
  • Synonyms

    * ultraintuitionism

    finitism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mathematics) 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.
  • Derived terms

    * finitist * ultrafinitism