Re: x*x-1=0
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:38:11 GMT
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In article <94mhpf$jdh$1_at_news.tue.nl>,
hidders_at_win.tue.nl (Jan Hidders) wrote:
> Note that if you have ordered tuples then the projection is also
likely
> to be slightly different. If you say PROJ[#1,#2](R) then that will
mean
> something else than PROJ[#2,#1](R).
What are unordered tuples: sets or bags?
> > I disagree that CP = MULTIPLY, and, in general, that order of
columns
> > matters. This is why I wanted some congruences on tuples.
>
> You cannot disagree, it is just a matter of definition. :-) And
whether
> CP = MULTIPLY depends an how you define MULTIPLY and that you didn't
do
> yet.
Well, I meant definition from Chris Date's textbook. It might look less rigorous than CP defined on tuples, but it captures one important concept that tuple theory is missing -- domains. In this context CP =/= MULTIPLY, right?
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