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-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Smith [mailto:larry.smith@SNOW.EDU]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:10 PM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: 2 pi i = 0
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 anot what=
function is what math profs are teaching these days. But it
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
This posting is the position of the writer, not that of
SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.