Re: potential names

[Todd Trimble <trimble1@optonline.net>]

Of the choices offered here, I like "precarious", "unstable", or
"fragile".  I just thought of "risky" myself.  Good, experienced
mathematicians will know when it's okay to take "risks" (and
will be aware of what the risks are).

"Unstable" seems like a very sober choice, not too likely to
ruffle feathers.

I encourage anyone who cares about this issue to take a look
at the current discussion at the nForum:

http://www.math.ntnu.no/~stacey/Mathforge/nForum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886

You will see that opinions are divided even among workers in
the nLab.

Todd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joyal, André" <joyal.andre@uqam.ca>
To: "Juergen Koslowski" <koslowj@iti.cs.tu-bs.de>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:57 AM
Subject: categories: potential names


Dear Juergen,

You wrote:

>Let me start by proposing "equi-unstable" and "precarious" as possible
>replacements for "evil".

I agree that we should explore various options.
Strickly speaking, there is no need for a new terminology
since "non-invariant" has been used in the past
and it is working pretty well.

Let me draw a list of potential names.
I have added a few:

non-invariant
equi-unstable
precarious
unstable
fragile
private

I invite everyone to contribute to the list.

Best,
AJ


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