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Article #4751Re: graphical humping terminology
From: Ronald Bruck
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:42
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:42
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In article <1992Nov11.202318.28554@galois.mit.edu> jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes: (Stuff omitted) > >The "bump functions" mathematicians use are usually C_0^\infty, that is, >infinitely differentiable and compactly supported. If for some reason >one wants to reserve the term bump for C_0^\infty functions, one could >call more general functions "lumps" or "humps". It might be nice to >have all 3 of these become technical terms. > >Thm. The product of two lumps is a hump. > >etc. would be fun to see. > Which would be known as the "Humpty-Lumpty Theorem"?... (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) --Ron Bruck bruck@mtha.usc.edu preferred
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!usc!usc!not-for-mail From: bruck@mathj.usc.edu (Ronald Bruck) Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.math Subject: Re: graphical humping terminology Date: 11 Nov 1992 13:42:46 -0800 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 24 Message-ID: <1druomINNb5o@mathj.usc.edu> References: <1992Nov10.190554.11097@sfu.ca> <1992Nov11.063332.22820@galois.mit.edu> <1992Nov11.202318.28554@galois.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mathj.usc.edu