On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:13:14PM -0500, Buddha Buck wrote: > The Schultz Set = { A | A>>>A } > Note: Because A==A, it isn't the case that A>>A,
This is clever, but wrong. Consider an election with people voting: 30 x ABCD 40 x ACDB 50 x ADBC A wins unanimously and is the only member of the *Schwartz* set. However, B beats C beats D beats B, so { x | x >>> x } = {B, C, D}. Alternately, consider something like: 40 x AB CDE 30 x AB DEC 20 x BA DEC 50 x BA ECD A and B are equal (70 votes each), and C > D > E > C, but A,B both beat each of C,D,E, but { x | x >>> x } = {A,B,C,D,E}. The correct restatement is something more like: { x | forall y: y >> x --> x >>> y } Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``If you don't do it now, you'll be one year older when you do.''
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