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- From: edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
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- Subject: Littlewood's Three Principles
- Date: 12 Aug 1992 14:01:37 -0400
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- Where do I find the original (published) formulation of Littlewood's
- three principles, or at least a verbatum statement of them?
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- Explanation. Littlewood claims that most of the theory of a function
- of a real variable can be reduced to three heuristic principles:
- A [measurable] set is practically a finite union of open intervals.
- A [measurable] function is practically continouous.
- A convergent sequence of [measurable] functions is practically
- uniformly convergent.
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