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RE: Boundless Space and Identity

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• Subject: RE: Boundless Space and Identity
• From: Miles Sabin <MSabin@i...>
• Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 22:20:32 +0100

Len Bullard wrote,
> A teaser for those who like such:  can one effectively address 
> points in a space that has no boundaries?

Depends on the space.

Consider the integers mod k as a one dimensional space (ie. a closed,
discrete, curve). Every point in the space has a successor (and no two 
points have the same successor), so it has no boundaries, yet we can 
enumerate all the points in the space in O(k) time.

I presume that's not quite what you meant tho' ...

Cheers,


Miles


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