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 [log in to unmask]