finite

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This was considered among the most important unsolved problems in combinatorics, a prominent branch of math and computer science dealing with finite objects and arrangements.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026

Banks also have around $223 billion, the highest on record, exposed in equity repo markets, implying that risk markets are becoming “increasingly reliant on a scarce, finite resource” of Wall Street lending, Tobias argued.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

In reality, the finite size of stars places a limit on how bright the effect can become.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

A googolplex—1 followed by a googol of zeroes—is recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest finite, widely accepted, named number.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

One therefore has a theory that seems to predict that certain quantities, such as the curvature of space-time, are really infinite, yet these quantities can be observed and measured to be perfectly finite!

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking