Re: Cantorian pseudomathematics

Han de Bruijn <Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Han de Bruijn wrote:

Jiri Lebl wrote:
[ ... nothing of his blatherings worth to be read again ... ]
You just are too much of a coward to answer the question in this
poster:
http://groups.google.nl/group/sci.math/msg/c83b58832ecdff3f?hl=en&;

OK. I will use a language that even the most stubborn
mathematician can understand.

Consider the following function:

sqrt(t^2 + 9) - 3
g(x) = ----------------- for x <> 0
t^2
= 1 for x = 0

Definition: a function f is _sensible_ at a iff

lim f(x) = f(a)
x->a

Definition: a function f is _nonsense_ at a iff
it is not sensible at a.

You know what's nonsense? Inventing new terms for perfectly standard
concepts. Especially when those new terms include inexplicable
normative overtones.

--
"Do you know why I'm tall?" "Why?"
"Because I eat apples." "Do you know why I'm short?"
"Why?" "Because I'm a kid."
--Quincy P. Hughes (age almost 4) bests his father.
.

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