Re: Proposal: 6NF

"vc" <boston103_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> "vc" <boston103_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >JOG wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> >> As far as I understood from my school years, an operation just mapped
>> >> one set of values to another. I remain unconvinced of the need for an
>> >> operation upon a set to map to itself.
>> >
>> >f:SxS -> S is not "a set to map to itself". We are talking here about
>>
>> The page you suggested sure seems to say that though!
>
>It's an odd interpretation. f:S -> S is 'a set to map to itself', but
>g:SxS -> S clearly is not.

     You were the one who pointed out the page. You did read it first to make sure it said what you wanted, right?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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