Re: How is this collection called?
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:59:13 -0800
Message-ID: <ZYgac.11$mR.60_at_news.oracle.com>
"Michael Mendelsohn" <keine.Werbung.1300_at_michael.mendelsohn.de> wrote in
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> Mikito Harakiri schrieb:
> > Let '*' be binary aggregation operator.
>
> > Then, sets obey the following laws:
> > a*a=a
> > a*b=b*a
> > a*(b*c)=(a*b)*c
>
> > Lists:
> > a*a!=a
> > a*b!=b*a
> > a*(b*c)=(a*b)*c
>
> > What collection type meets
> > a*a!=a
> > a*b!=b*a
> > a*(b*c)!=(a*b)*c
> >
> > ?
>
> Stack?
> x * y := pop elements off stack x and push them on y
>
> Example:
> a=(1,2), b=(3,4), c=(5,6)
> a*b = (1,2)*(3,4) = (2)*(1,3,4) = (2,1,3,4)
> b*c = (3,4)*(5,6) = (4,3,5,6)
>
> (a*b)*c = (2,1,3,4) * (5,6) = (4,3,1,2,5,6)
> a*(b*c) = (1,2) * (4,3,5,6) = (2,1,4,3,5,6)
Thank you, Michael.
As this looked as a homework to someone, can I really can be refered to some basic textobook? Received on Tue Mar 30 2004 - 17:59:13 CEST