Jan de Leeuw took his vorpal sword in hand and wrote:
> Well ! I can't let that one pass. Let it be noted that Robert Dawson does
> not quote but paraphrases Humpty Dumpty. The correct quotation is:
> ===================
> "When I use a word, " Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it
means
> just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less."
> "The question is," said Alice, "whether you make words mean so many
> different things."
> "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master--that's
all."
> ===================
You are, of course, correct. There's glory for you!
> Also see J.B. Priestley, A Note on Humpty Dumpty, from "I for One", 1921;
> and Roger Holmes, The Philosopher's Alice in Wonderland, Antioch Review,
> 1959.
>
> As for the original problem, it suffices to observe that if U=12 (or 2)
then
> V must be zero.
Well, if we're being pedantic <grin>, it does *not* suffice; it must
also be
shown, as I did, that it sometimes equals something else.
>> As (this may have been a homework question but I presume it's past
the
>>due date by now, so I can be explicit) U=12 implies V=0 whereas U=11 makes
>>this impossible, U and V are not independent.
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