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Could Kronecker accept a proof of Goodstein's theorem?

A famous result of Goodstein asserts that the Goodstein sequence of integers terminates. For a precise statement and a short proof, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodstein%27s_theorem. A well ...
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