[FOM] Another contructivist query
Bill Taylor
W.Taylor at math.canterbury.ac.nz
Sun Oct 23 22:25:34 EDT 2005
I recall reading something to the effect that if a number theoretic
statement has been proved classically, and it states something that
(in principle) needs only a finite number of cases to check,
then there also exists a constructive proof.
This would mean, for example, that there is a constructive proof,
that there exists a prime between 10^10^10^10 and 2x10^10^10^10.
(a) Is the above correct?
(b) Would a full-blown subjectivist intuitionist assent to the above?
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