Re: Distinct linear orderings on Z

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 03/24/05


Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:48:48 -0500


Tony Orlow (aeo6) wrote:
>
> Go blow soap bubbles, Bob. Or take a look at the moon.

You look at the moon. Its profile is very rough. It has ragged edges as
can easily be seen with a telescope. Soap bubbles. They consist of
discrete molecules and cannot constitue a topological compact space.
Your problem is that you do not examine things closely enough. You
comfuse your subjective impressions with objective reality.

Bob Kolker



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