On 4/28/2012 9:48 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
On 04/24/2012 08:37 PM, Richard Fobes wrote:
In the non-mathematical world the word "equivalent" means "having
similar or identical effects" which allows for not _always_ being
_identical_ in _all_ respects. That is the context for usage in the
Democracy Chronicles article.
A context which is overriden by prefixing the word "equivalent" with
"mathematically".
I have recommended to Adrian a wording change that does not include the
word "mathematical."
Consider two functions f and g defined on the integers.
f(x, y) = x + y,
g(x, y) = x + y when |x-y| > 2
= x * y otherwise.
The relationship between these two functions is not similar to the
relationship we are discussing.
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