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Mathematics belongs to man, not to God. We are not interested in properties of the positive integers that have no descriptive meaning for finite man. When a man proves a positive integer to exist, he should show how to find it. If God has mathematics of his own that need to be done, let him do it himself.

Errett Bishop

Errett Bishop

Errett Bishop

Born: July 14, 1928

Died: April 14, 1983 (aged 54)

Bio: Errett Albert Bishop was an American mathematician known for his work on analysis. He expanded constructive analysis in his 1967 Foundations of Constructive Analysis, where he proved most of the important theorems in real analysis by constructive methods.

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