On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 08:39:48PM +0100, Bart Lateur wrote: > Talking about intuition... how on earth did you come on the idea for the > name?
Well... In the original context the definition was "W is not minimal in its conjugacy class with respect to the lexicographic ordering <", and I hoped for a more comprehensible way to express it. I agree that "shrinkable" isn't great. Any better ideas? .robin. -- "Sometimes I sit in front of my washing machine and contemplate the worthlessness of life. My washing machine isn't even plugged in." --alex