Re: 2 pi i = 0

[Larry Smith <larry.smith@SNOW.EDU>]

At 2:52 PM -0500 11/22/02, Edmiston, Mike wrote:
> I may be getting too old.  I agree that John Denker's definition of a
> function is what math profs are teaching these days.  But it not what=
> I
> learned when I went to school.
>
> When I studied math it was possible to have a multi-valued function.
> The definition of function in use today is what we used to call a
> "single-valued function."

What is the old-timers' definition of "function"?

Cheers,
Larry

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