[Haskell-cafe] Re: Positive integers

[Daniel McAllansmith]

On Friday 24 March 2006 14:37, you wrote:
> > An additive torsor is?
>
> Surprisingly, there is a page on MathWorld about Torsors but it is
> empty. Google turned up the following page with a good explanation.
>
> http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/torsors.html

Nice clear explanation that.  Thanks for the link Jared.

>
> > I'd maintain that the difference between two lengths is an entirely
> > different quantity from the length of a list.
>
> (Maybe this is a good example of what the term torsor captures.)
>
> Thanks to Aaron for expanding our vocabulary.

Yep.  Now I agree with Aaron.
And now I won't get offended if someone calls me a closet torsor user! :)

>
>   Jared.
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