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From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
To: "viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk" 
	<viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Ruscheinski <ruschein@mail-infomine.ucr.edu>,
	Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>
Subject: Re: How did the Spelling Police miss this one?
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:25:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200304241929_MC3-1-35E8-687A@compuserve.com> (raw)

Al Viro wrote:


>> On the other hand, "canonicalize", while strange and new, unambiguously 
>> means (b).
>> 
>> Is there an already-existing word which means (b)?
>
>% webster normalize


  There is a subtle difference between 'normal' and 'canonical',
but I can't quite put my finger on it.  In number theory there's
a thorem that says:

   Any positive integer n > 1 can be written uniquely in a
   'canonical form'

         n = p[1]**k[1] * p[2]**k[2] * ... * p[r]**k[r]

   where, for i = 1,2,...,r, each k[i] is a positive integer
   and each p[i] is a prime, with p[1] < p[2] < ... < p[r].


  Note that it says 'a' canonical form, not 'the' canonical
form.  I would argue that what is used in the above is 'normal
canonical form.'  (And there is only one other canonical form
possible.)


------
 Chuck

             reply	other threads:[~2003-04-24 23:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-24 23:25 Chuck Ebbert [this message]
2003-04-25  1:39 ` How did the Spelling Police miss this one? Steven Cole
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-04-23 13:33 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-23 14:53 ` Steven Cole
2003-04-23 16:02   ` Herman Oosthuysen
2003-04-23 16:10     ` Steven Cole
2003-04-24  3:39   ` Johannes Ruscheinski
2003-04-24  3:53     ` Miles Bader
2003-04-24  4:16       ` Johannes Ruscheinski
2003-04-24  4:34         ` Miles Bader
2003-04-24 19:08       ` Alan Cox
2003-04-24 23:06         ` Herman Oosthuysen
2003-04-27 11:14           ` Kai Henningsen
2003-04-24  4:26     ` Steven Cole
2003-04-24 14:46       ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-24 15:09         ` viro
2003-04-24 15:44           ` Herman Oosthuysen
2003-04-24 16:06             ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-24 15:47           ` Steven Cole
2003-04-27 11:09             ` Kai Henningsen
2003-04-24 15:55           ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-24 15:33         ` Herman Oosthuysen
2003-04-24 15:57           ` Timothy Miller

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