I think that indeterminate is slightly better and seems to be the word
generally used for mathematics.
Don
On 2020-02-11 4:53 a.m., Raul Miller wrote:
On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 10:12 PM Don Kelly <d...@shaw.ca> wrote:
I also should have written "indeterminate"
This seems to be another example where one choice being valid does not
mean that a different choice is invalid. (A common issue when using
the english language -- or, more generally, any human language.)
http://definition.org/define/indeterminant/
http://definition.org/define/indeterminate/
That said, looking at the jsoftware.com content, the latter does seem
to be used far more frequently. The only use of "indeterminant" I
could find was Adin Falkoff:
https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/apl360history.htm
Thanks,
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