The continuum cannot be treated as a collection of discrete ... - Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan

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"The continuum cannot be treated as a collection of discrete points."

Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan Science

Mathematician-Philosopher Dutch 1881–1966

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