Posted by T.Gracken on October 25, 2002 at 18:31:04:
In Reply to: Can of worms, anyone? posted by Joel on October 25, 2002 at 17:57:57:
the point I would like to refer to from my previous post is... when it comes to definitions, you must consider the definitions used by the instructor/teacher/professor/author/speaker/etc.
I attempted to highlight this point in my post because of the problems that are caused by not having universally accepted definitions. the fact that my definition is equivalent to some committees 'agreed upon' definition only makes me wonder if I should re-define the natural numbers; for no other reason than to be excluded from a group of idiots that incompetents believe due to a fancy name.