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Wells on Mathematical Language

Posted on 27 June, 2008 by Walt

Charles Wells, author (with Michael Barr) of Toposes, Triples, and Theories, now has a blog, gyre and gimble, devoted to how mathematicians use language.

He notes that the idea of completed infinity, which mathematicians take for granted, is still not well-liked outside of mathematics. The tone of the Wikipedia page on the subject (which consists mainly of quotes) tends towards the negative, for example.

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