at the beginning of our exposition there must be mathematical words or symbols which we do not define in terms of others but merely take as given: they are called primitives. And proof must start somewhere, just as definition must. If we are to avoid an infinite regress, there must be some propositions that are not proved but can be used in the proofs of the theorems. Such propositions are called axioms
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