Randy A MacDonald wrote:

> Hi Henry;
>
> You are correct in that the rank of +/ is infinite, 
> but I think Terrence was referring to +, which
> _does_ have rank 0.
>

What Terrence wrote was:

> The verb rank is 0 and the noun rank is 1,
> therefore, r is 1 and so we will be applying
> the verb to 1-cells.

The context (in JforC) of Terrence's attempt includes
the following guidance:  

"Figure out the rank r of the cells that will be
operated on; this will be the smaller of rank of the
verb and the rank of the operand."

True, this guidance was given for monadic verbs, and
the reader is in the as-yet-uncharted territory of
dyadic verbage; perhaps things will be different here.
 The assumption of consistency, however, is contrary
to the "therefore" in Terrance's sentence. 
Identifying the rank of +/ as infinite, in contrast,
is consistent with the claim that rank-one cells apply
here.


Tracy


 
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