Re: What is Mathematics?

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:37:01 GMT, Wayne Throop <throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>:: Agreed; exactly how far _is_ 1 from 2, after all? 
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>: "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>: It's1 away. 
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>The term in algorithmics is "off by one".

Yet, in another sense, you can't get to 2 from 1 at all...

Dave
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