arithmetization

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the treatment of mathematics or another formal system by methods involving only the fundamental concepts and operations of arithmetic

   The arithmetization of analysis recast questions about real numbers in terms of arithmetic.

Formed from arithmetize + -ation. Arithmetize is built on arithmetic, ultimately from Greek arithmos, 'number,' with the verb-forming suffix -ize. The noun names the foundational program of expressing mathematical theories through arithmetic concepts and operations.

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