On 2010-09-29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message <slrni9u4kv.28r0.usenet-nos...@guild.seebs.net>, Seebs wrote: >> Helps, perhaps, that I got exposed to group theory early enough to be used >> to redefining + and * to be any two operations which have interesting >> properties ...
> But groups only have one such operation; it???s rings and fields (and number > systems) that have two. They're covered in the same class, therefore, they're part of the same field (of study, that is). :P -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
