Re: T1 topology

From: José Carlos Santos (jcsantos_at_fc.up.pt)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:58:44 +0100

shedar wrote:

>>Right here. One clue: Don't believe what you read at mathworld.
>>It's full of errors - that page is one of the worst I've seen.
>>As Edgar said, the authors are confusing two totally different
>>notions that just happen to be described by the same word.
>>
> Yes, that is a terribly worded page! It uses the word "Frechet" in two
> different contexts without being explicit about it (assuming the author is
> even aware of it).

It seems that what we see here is mostly an editorial problem. The page
ackowledges two distinct authors. It is possibe that none of them is to
blame individually.

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos

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