Bourbakian

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Bourbakian (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Relating to Bourbakism.
    • Claude Chevalley, quoted in: 2006, Amir D. Aczel, The Artist and the Mathematician: The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed, High Stakes Publishing, p. 94
      It is the notion of structure that is truly Bourbakian.

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Noun

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Bourbakian (plural Bourbakians)

  1. (mathematics) Any of the mathematicians involved in the formulation of Bourbakism.