Re: The Definition of 'Analytic Function'

From: Michael N. Christoff (mchristoff_at_sympatico.caREMOVETHIS)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:35:55 -0400

"Robin Chapman" <rjc@ivorynospamtower.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 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.
>

Is there a name for what I described in the previous post (assuming you
understand the gist of what I'm saying)?

l8r, Mike N. Christoff