Lee,
You do seem to be on the list. If everyone apologized for nearly content-free
posts, the number of nearly content-free posts would be greatly multiplied.
The word manifold is certainly not being used in its mathematical sense when
Epping Forest is called a manifold. I think it means a
Why not stick to the poetic usage - with ardours manifold? Otherwise what
difference does it make unless you wish to use it in an unambiguous sense for
some operation, in which case you can define it in a useful fashion.
Incidentally, in all my post grad studies of mathematics at Caltech and
