ultrafinitism

English

Etymology

From ultra- +‎ finitism.

Noun

ultrafinitism (uncountable)

  1. (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

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