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This must be the first time in decades that I have seen the word "lemma"
used in what one might call "ordinary" conversation... ;-)
Congratulations!
Mladen Gogala wrote:
[...]
> theory. Axiom of choice, Zorn's lemma and
> well-ordering theorem are not necessary to mention and explain in a book
> for a "database professional" but, in
> my opinion, the author did shy away too much from using mathematics.
> Cary Millsap did not make such mistake.
> I don't want to keep this esteemed audience under suspense any longer:
> yes, I am a mathematician, with college
> in mathematics. The book is good, but it needs more math.
>
-- Mark Bole http://www.bincomputing.com -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Tue Jun 14 2005 - 23:58:14 CDT
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