On Oct 28, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Luis Ressel <ara...@aixah.de> wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:46:13 -0400
> Owen Jacobson <o...@grimoire.ca> wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 26, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Luis Ressel <ara...@aixah.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> the map "t |-> max(14,t+2)" is applied  
>> 
>> Oh, come on.
> 
> What? I attempted to write this in natural language, but it'd have
> taken at least two full lines. There's a reason why we use short
> notations like this in mathematics -- it's shorter, easier to read
> *and* more precise at the same time.

I’ll give you points for concision, but I think you’ve sacrificed clarity in 
practice to get there, regardless of the nominal precision of mathematical 
notation.

-o

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