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Re: What is Mathematics?

by Dave Hansen <iddw@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 23, 2008 at 02:47 PM

On Apr 23, 7:10 am, na...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Anthony Nance) wrote:
> In rec.arts.sf.written Wayne Throop <thro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > :: Agreed; exactly how far _is_ 1 from 2, after all?
>
> > : "Mike Schilling" <mscottschill...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > : It's1 away.
>
> > The term in algorithmics is "off by one".
>
> "It's only off by a constant"

"Fencepost error."

Regards,

   -=Dave




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Re: What is Mathematics?
 Immortalist <reanimate  2008-04-15 22:00:43 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Han de Bruijn <Han.deB  2008-04-16 16:18:34 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Han de Bruijn <Han.deB  2008-04-17 09:48:39 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-17 01:37:47 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Virgil <Virgil@[EMAIL   2008-04-17 15:13:52 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Han de Bruijn <Han.deB  2008-04-21 10:14:41 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 "Don H" <don  2008-04-21 20:03:40 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 mimus <tinmimus99@[EMA  2008-04-21 16:12:35 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-04-21 20:22:08 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-21 13:40:51 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-04-21 21:20:13 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Bill Snyder <bsnyder@[  2008-04-21 16:27:35 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-21 14:56:17 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 "Mike Schilling"  2008-04-22 14:11:59 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 "needles" <b  2008-04-22 15:34:32 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 nance@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-21 22:32:01 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 "Mike Schilling"  2008-04-22 14:11:17 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Virgil <Virgil@[EMAIL   2008-04-21 14:28:59 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-22 17:37:01 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-22 12:23:47 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Phil Carmody <thefatph  2008-04-23 10:36:02 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-23 01:36:30 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 nance@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-23 12:10:57 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Dave Hansen <iddw@[EMA  2008-04-23 14:47:42 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Quadibloc <jsavard@[EM  2008-04-23 17:58:44 

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