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    It is not the case that A result 'first proven' by non-standard means but immediately translatable into standard means reveals a sociological fact, not a mathematical one about the claim's provability.

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    • 1.Some non-standard frameworks (hyperreals, constructivism) provide genuinely different mathematical insights unavailable in standard contexts.
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    • 2.Immediate translatability doesn't erase the cognitive or conceptual achievement; discovering a theorem via novel means is a mathematical fact.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'sociological' and 'mathematical' facts is itself philosophically contested and may be a false dichotomy.
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    • 1.Mathematical truth is independent of proof methods; what matters is logical validity, not the historical path to discovery.
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    • 2.If immediate translation to standard means is possible, the non-standard proof adds no mathematical content, only sociological context.
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    • 3.Priority claims in mathematics depend on establishing novelty of insight, not merely on which proof method gets published first.
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