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in thread Suggestions for writing a Perl application

Oh, duh. Points on the line. Right... my mistake.

Regarding infinite sets, I simply meant that defining the problem in terms of floor() was problematic. You avoided that in your reply by using the phrases "two parts of equal size" and "two equal parts".

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Re: Suggestions for writing a Perl application
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Aug 29, 2003 at 23:43 UTC
    Regarding infinite sets, I simply meant that defining the problem in terms of floor() was problematic. You avoided that in your reply by using the phrases "two parts of equal size" and "two equal parts".

    In my original statement of the problem, I was describing, finite, discrete sets. After all, I was saying one set had N points, the other M points. I would not be able to give a number of points if any of the sets was infinite. In my later reply, I was refering to the continuous form of the problem, in which we have continuous sets (but not necessarely connected). Then it's right to talk about two parts of equal size.

    Abigail