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- noun mathematics A form of
finitism that is even moreextreme in that it denies thoseconstructs whose construction cannot bephysically performed (such as a number that no human could have time to calculate).
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ultra- + finitism
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Ultrafinitism, a philosophy that rejects the infinite, has long been dismissed as mathematical heresy.
What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity? | Quanta Magazine Gregory Barber 2026
Logophile77 commented on the word ultrafinitism
Antonym of googology.
December 30, 2017