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.)
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Chuck
next 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
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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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