19 Jul
2006
19 Jul
'06
2:34 p.m.
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:05:25 +0100, Paul Giaccone <paulg@cinesite.co.uk> wrote:
We have come to a point where even telling "the real number x is positive" is ambiguous, as someone intends it as "x >= 0", and uses "strictly positive" for "> 0". Really? No mathematician I have ever met (and I have met very many) would do that.
I haven't met Bourbaki guys either ;) And, needless to say, I hate that terminology. -- [ Gennaro Prota, C++ developer for hire ] [ resume: available on request ]