Re: is f(x) = ax+b a linear function?


Arturo Magidin wrote:
Kobu wrote:
Is f(x) = ax + b (where b, a <> 0) a linear function?
[...]
You have stumbled upon one of the many places where the same phrase is
used to mean different things in different subjects. [...]

That's what I wanted to say. The term "normal" is also used in a lot of
places.

Similarly, |*| can denote absolute value or the determinant of a
matrix, which led me to the following "proof" that 1 = -1:

1 = abs(-1) = | -1 | = det(-1) = -1.

--- Christopher Heckman

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