How to take advantage of the blur between the finite and the infinite

Logica Universalis 6 (1-2):217-226 (2012)
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In this paper is presented and discussed the notion of true finite by opposition to the notion of theoretical finite. Examples from mathematics and physics are given. Fermat’s infinite descent principle is challenged

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10.1007/s11787-012-0043-z

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