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the mathematical discipline that applies mathematical methods to the study of mathematical theories themselves.

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Can infinity shorten proofs a lot?

A down-to-earth example: the Stirling approximation to the factorial. At least the derivation given on the Wikipedia page compares the explicit sum representation of $\ln(n!)$ with a Riemann sum appr …
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