[FOM] Richard's Quest >> Feasible Numbers

[José Félix Costa]

RICHARD HANEY ::

«And, for example, I am interested in exploring how much interesting, useful
mathematics can be done by allowing oneself, when talking about natural
numbers, to talk onlyabout natural numbers less than or equal to some
unspecified, rather large natural number.»

I strongly recommend a paper by Vladimir Sazonov (Liverpool):
Feasible Numbers
(donwloadable)

Arithmetics is rethought assuming a large, unspecified, finite, limit,
natural number.

Where your interests are addressed in Logic in a fashionating way.
I remember that paper from 1991 (but it was written before).

Jose Felix


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