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>From: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Virtual mathematics
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Date: 11 Jun 92 20:55:25 GMT
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In article <1992Jun11.200323.11512@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>, santas@inf (Philip Santas) writes:
>>How does one distinguish between virtual mathematics and real mathematics?

>They deal with different syntax.

Huh?  I've been told that algebraic topology is the study of properties
of a space invariant under change of notation, but the fellow was joking.
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-Matthew P Wiener (weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu)


