From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/4797 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: peasthope@shaw.ca Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: terminology in definitions of limits Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:13:41 -0700 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241020179 14883 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:49:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:49:39 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Tue Jan 20 11:57:51 2009 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:57:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1LPIwa-0001Ty-3l for categories-list@mta.ca; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:55:12 -0400 Original-Sender: categories@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 18 Original-Lines: 15 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:4797 Archived-At: Folk, Each definition of a limit which I've=20 seen contains something I would describe=20 as a "probe object" or "test object". The=20 definition of map object in L&S page 313=20 for example, has X with a criterion asserted=20 for every object X in the category. Is there any sense in my terminology? Thanks, ... Peter E. =20