finitism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

finitism

Etymology

From finite + -ism.

Derived words

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