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From: peasthope@shaw.ca
To: categories@mta.ca
Cc: peasthope@shaw.ca
Subject: Re: Explanations
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 13:27:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1QGruP-0004AR-Gw@mlist.mta.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikH_dKgO-Wno4Q+ZpXBctBUud-f+w@mail.gmail.com

From:	Charles Wells <charles@abstractmath.org>
Date:	Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:58:14 -0500
> In the expression "any x:T->X" the T depends on x.

Why not x depends on T?  Having objects prior to maps seems
more natural than maps prior to objects.

> I would call it "suppression of dependence".

Will try to store that concept away for future reference.

Thanks,            ... Peter E.

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             reply	other threads:[~2011-05-01 21:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-01 21:27 peasthope [this message]
     [not found] <654PeBPnq2496S01.1304350816@web01.cms.usa.net>
2011-05-02 18:22 ` Explanations peasthope
     [not found] <609PDdViw1024S04.1304197762@web04.cms.usa.net>
2011-05-01 21:00 ` Explanations peasthope
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-04-30 21:09 Explanations Fred E.J. Linton
     [not found] <BANLkTi=XhOM=FKajXUA6pyOq575fm_N=PQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-04-29 19:56 ` Explanations peasthope
2011-04-30 19:58   ` Explanations Charles Wells
2011-05-02 17:01     ` Explanations Clemson Steve
2011-05-01 12:50   ` Explanations F. William Lawvere
2011-04-28 13:12 Explanations Ellis D. Cooper
2011-04-27  8:16 Explanations Mattias Wikström
2011-04-22 13:55 Explanations Graham White
2011-04-23 20:27 ` Explanations David Yetter
2011-04-23 21:29 ` Explanations Ronnie Brown
2011-04-25 13:51   ` Explanations Joyal, André
2011-04-26  0:52     ` Explanations jim stasheff
2011-04-26 13:45     ` Explanations William Messing
     [not found]     ` <4DB6CC7D.40407@math.umn.edu>
2011-04-26 22:05       ` Explanations Ronnie Brown
2011-04-23 21:52 ` Explanations Dusko Pavlovic
2011-04-25 13:17   ` Explanations ClemsonSteve
2011-04-26  5:55     ` Explanations Timothy Porter
2011-04-27  7:53       ` Explanations Uli Fahrenberg
     [not found] ` <17617_1303861705_4DB759C9_17617_39_1_E1QEryD-0006dq-7k@mlist.mta.ca>
2011-04-27 13:20   ` Explanations Marta Bunge
2011-04-20 17:22 Explanations Fred E.J. Linton
2011-04-21 19:09 ` Explanations peasthope
2011-04-19 23:37 Explanations Jean-Pierre Marquis

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