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Comment by zozbot234

1 month ago

You can use equivalence relations and quotients w/ a computable foundation, you just need to rephrase what you mean by equality. See e.g. Kevin Buzzard's nice explanation at https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/what-is-a-quoti...

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bubblyworld  1 month ago

Right, I'm aware you can, it's just much trickier to do it rigorously. But I suppose that may be more a comfort thing. Thanks for the link!

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