Re: The Definition of 'Analytic Function'

From: Robin Chapman (rjc_at_ivorynospamtower.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:09:19 +0100

Michael N. Christoff wrote:

>
> Thanks for all the replies. I've come into contact with the real/complex
> definition of analytic while learning the rudiments of generating
> functions. However, intuitively, I've always thought of an analytic
> function as one
> that can be solved symbolically.

Category mistake: functions are not things that "can be solved".

Anyway, this shows that what you "intuitively" have "always thought"
does not correspond to the general usage of the term amongst
mathematicians. 

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