The history of three wrong definitions
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2026-04-29 v1
Abstract
The topic is the history of the concepts of equivalence relation, Cauchy sequence, and metric space. The thesis is that disused definitions of these notions could profitably be revived.
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@article{arxiv.2604.24956,
title = {The history of three wrong definitions},
author = {Harold P. Boas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.24956},
year = {2026}
}
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20 pages with 4 figures