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- From: ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman)
- Subject: Re: Why Algebra...Important
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- References: <1993Jan25.164019.19356@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:39:12 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.164019.19356@Princeton.EDU> tao@mace.Princeton.EDU
- (Terry Tao) writes:
- > Claim: \exists Cup = {(x, y, z) = d((x, y), Cup_0) = r_cup, z_0 < z <
- z_0 +
- > h_cup} \cup {(x, y, z_0): d((x, y), Cup_0) < r_cup}:d(Cup, me) <
- \epsilon_0 \and
- > \exists Coffee = \{ f(x, y): d((x, y), Cup_0) < r_cup} s.t. Coffee \in
- \overbar
- > {Cup} \and T_coffee > 90 F \and t > t_0 => Hap_me(t) > Hap_me(t_0).
-
- I had heard that a mathematician is someone who converts coffee into
- theorems, but I had not yet seen a demonstration.
-
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- Dave Seaman
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