Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:43:06 GMT
Message-ID: <40c864ec.11254443_at_news.wanadoo.es>


On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:58:29 GMT, "Eric Kaun" <ekaun_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Copernicus : orbit == circle
>> Kepler : obit == ellipse
>> Newton : F=ma; E=1/2mv^2 where m is constant
>> Einstein : e=mc^2
>>
>> Each change may only subtly modify the previous axioms, but the result
>> is theory/model that is a closer fit to reality.
>
>I don't think the above are axioms in the mathematical sense, though I could
>be wrong.

Of course they are not!

An axiom is a proposition regarded as self-evidently true without proof.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Axiom.html

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Thu Jun 10 2004 - 15:43:06 CEST

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