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there is a debate between the intuitionists, formalists, and the symbolists nicely captured in the intro chapter of Heyting's Intuitionism. constructive mathem
by ai4eva 2y ago
there is a debate between the intuitionists, formalists, and the symbolists nicely captured in the intro chapter of Heyting's Intuitionism.
constructive mathematics is close to computation and programming. and many including myself have a natural feel or intuition for it. A majority of euclids elements, and galois's original proof are constructive in nature.