Re: [OT] Re: 0xdeadbeef vs 0xdeadbeefL

[Andries Brouwer]

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:15:21PM +0100, viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> - Dirichlet Principle bites you anyway.

Ah, it took me a few seconds to reconstruct what principle
you are referring to.

I am used to seeing "Dirichlet Principle" in a context where
one wants to solve a boundary value problem for certain elliptic
partial differential equations. (Then the principle states,
roughly, that the unique solution is found by minimizing
some integral.)

You invoke what I am used to call the pigeonhole principle.

Andries
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