Re: Is a function a relation?

On Jun 24, 10:31 am, Tegiri Nenashi <TegiriNena..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 23, 8:27 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.35.7134
>
> On page 7:
> "...even defining division by zero to yield zero..."
> This prompted the following definition:
> "Computer science is a branch of applied mathematics that defines
> division by zero to yield zero"

The author of the paper was talking about someone else's system, and I don't think this was an endorsement of it.

I don't see how forcing every function to be total is a workable plan, although it does appeal to some people.

Marshall Received on Thu Jun 25 2009 - 02:56:51 CEST