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Mathematics of infinity

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Martin-Löf, P. (1990). Mathematics of infinity. In: Martin-Löf, P., Mints, G. (eds) COLOG-88. COLOG 1988. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 417. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-52335-9_54

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