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What is the ontological difference between platonism and non platonism?

When platonists argue that mathematical objects are real, what exactly do they even mean by them being real? Usually, when we talk about real things, there is a point in space and time where they exist. Consciousness of course may be an exception, but even with that, we have direct experience of it, and know what it is like to be conscious.

What does it then mean for mathematical objects to exist, especially in a different realm?