From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-05-21T14:25:10+09:00
Subject: Re: rubynuby - confused by method name "inject"


On May 21, 2006, at 1:05 AM, Jeff Pritchard wrote:

> If I were to choose a synonym for the "inject" method, I might come up
> with "collect".  vis. "iterate over these items and collect the  
> results
> in one answer."  It seems to me that this method does the same thing
> that the big Latin "E" symbol (Epsilon) does in Mathematics.  Is  
> there a
> name for that symbol within the math community?  (I mean - besides
> Epsilon).  Calculus and Physics are "twenty some odd years ago" for  
> me.

I think you mean Sigma. And I believe when you don't refer to it as  
sigma you say "Summation".

But I am not a mathematician, so take what I said with a grain of salt.