| Tom Plagge on 29 Jul 2003 17:44:17 -0000 |
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| Re: [hosers-talk] nmh question |
> I've never understood why he wrote such a bad description of the Mean Value > Theorem. DFW has a degree in math, right? So he should know the actual MVT. A degree in philosophy, actually, and a year's worth of work in mathematical logic. So my guess is that it was character development for our boy Pemulis, who, I think we were meant to conclude, was perhaps slightly full of shit. -t _______________________________________________ hosers-talk mailing list hosers-talk@xxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/hosers-talk