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Re: [glas] Skalar-Like concepts from GLAS and MTL

From: Karl Meerbergen (Karl.Meerbergen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-24 01:55:35


On Tuesday 24 May 2005 01:03, Peter Gottschling wrote:

> >> * I would call the corresponding Group concept, OpGroup, because it
> >> has a function op. The mathematical concept group is not exactly a
> >> C++ concept and there are various ways to define those. AdditiveGroup
> >> is not an OpGroup (because it does not have a member op), but an
> >> addaptor can be created that maps it into an OpGroup.
>
> From my perspective, there is no essential difference between the
> mathematical definition of group and the concept, it is only
> syntactical not semantical.
>

Agreed.

Karl