Steve Schwartz replies to Bernard Chasan:

>>In the new science of quantum musicology we finally have a framework for
>>dealing with such questions.  This piece is simply in a superposition
>>state,
>>
>>cello symphony = a (masterpiece) + b(miscalculation)   ...
>
>Actually, it's a Boolean value (ie, either TRUE or FALSE), and Professor
>Chasan, obviously following the false god of physics, has used the wrong
>operator.  The + should be replaced by a u.

In fact the + sign is frequently used in Boolean algebra to indicate the
inclusive or.

I suspect Bernard intended the exclusive or operator, unless he thinks
the CS might be both masterpiece *and* miscalculation.  (I've never cared
for it myself)

Deryk Barker
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