Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martijn van Buul Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: linear programming Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:24:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <12e289fe-86ca-4bd3-b391-9a1a4005476f@22g2000prx.googlegroups.com> <527d07f5-0d08-4e29-9c58-8c87b2b18e89@k27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> <51a740f2-8558-46ad-95fa-cc879b6af75c@u19g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> <23a38e00-f9bb-4aa5-a8d8-4620364e4514@gc3g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: pino+comp_lang_c++@dohd.org (Martijn van Buul) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.stack.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: mud.stack.nl 1308597843 96379 2001:610:1108:5011::97 (20 Jun 2011 19:24:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@stack.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:24:03 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (FreeBSD) X-Favourite-Drink: Alcoholic, yet fluid Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.c++:6970 * gwowen: > On Jun 20, 4:13?pm, Martijn van Buul wrote: >> * gwowen: >> >> > Usually yes. ?But this is phrased like'If "something" satifies >> > "condition A", then we say it is "A-ified".' ?In English-as-she-is- >> > used-by-mathematicians that's *a definition* of "A-ified". >> >> Uh, most mathematicians I know would have used "if and only if" or >> any of its alternatives in that case; in writing it would've been 'iff'. > > Not in undergraduate lecture notes, which are much more informal. Your problem, not mine. Don't make any claims then. You're the one who takes an informal explanation out of context, not me. > Anyway, go find one of the numerous mathematicians of your > acquaintance and ask them what the definition an "unbounded linear > program" is. Then ask them what the definition of "unbounded feasible > region" is. Irrelevant. I didn't question the validity of that statement. I questioned the validity of your "argument". > Then, come back, and admit that I know of what I speak. Oh, I'll admit what I already know: You're awfully full of yourself, but have very little to show. But that applies to a lot of people here, so you're in good company. -- Martijn van Buul - pino@dohd.org