Re: The infintely small number b

From: rem642b@xxxxxxxxx (Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t)
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:50:05 -0800

From: Venkat Reddy <vred...@xxxxxxxxx>
b is the number that represents smallest extent.

That makes no sense whatsoever. What do you mean by "number" in the
first place? Usually a "number" means an element of some set with
arithmetic operations. For example an element of a ring might be
considered a "number". An element of a group might also qualify as
a "number". What ring (or group) is b supposed to be a number in?

The word "extent" has no meaning in mathematics. You need to define
what you mean by the word before you use it to define something else.
.

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