Re: Temporal database - no end date
From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 19 Jan 2007 16:38:08 -0800
Message-ID: <1169253488.023884.139400_at_51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>
Date: 19 Jan 2007 16:38:08 -0800
Message-ID: <1169253488.023884.139400_at_51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>
On Jan 19, 2:41 pm, Larry Coon <lcnos..._at_assist.org> wrote:
> Larry Coon wrote:
> > No. Continuous means that there are no points between
> > which there are other points. Dense implies discrete.
> Fix to the above: Continuous means that there are no
> two points between which there are NO other points.
If I understand the terminology correctly, it is pretty weird. Apparently the rationals are continuous, but do not form a contiuum. The reals form a contiuum. The two terms are annoyingly close together.
Marshall Received on Sat Jan 20 2007 - 01:38:08 CET