Re: Extending my question. Was: The relational model and relational
Date: 21 Feb 2003 14:56:29 -0800
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>> If you cannot identify the cans of tuna, how do you place them on
the scale? And before you can calculate a count from a weight, you
must first count identifiable cans then weigh them. <<
You place the on the scale in a bag (pun intended), without ever looking at the individual cans <g>.
Can you get a copy of one of the popular math books on infinite? Here
is the list of ones I know about and they are all good reads:
The Kingdom of Infinite Number: A Field Guide by Bryan H. Bunch
(Hardcover - January 2000)
The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search
for Infinity by Amir D. Aczel (Paperback - September 2001)
To Infinity and Beyond by Eli Maor (Paperback)
In Search of Infinity by N. Ya. Vilenkin, et al (Hardcover - August
1995)
We had a thread a few years ago about the difference between a
summation over a set versus series of additions that dealt with the
same underlying concept. A set oriented process does not look at the