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Tools, objects, and chimeras: Connes on the role of hyperreals in mathematics

Vladimir Kanovei, Mikhail G. Katz, Thomas Mormann

We examine some of Connes' criticisms of Robinson's infinitesimals starting in 1995. Connes sought to exploit the Solovay model S as ammunition against non-standard analysis, but t…