Discrete Topological Space

Famous quotes containing the words discrete and/or space:

    “The mastery of one’s phonemes may be compared to the violinist’s mastery of fingering. The violin string lends itself to a continuous gradation of tones, but the musician learns the discrete intervals at which to stop the string in order to play the conventional notes. We sound our phonemes like poor violinists, approximating each time to a fancied norm, and we receive our neighbor’s renderings indulgently, mentally rectifying the more glaring inaccuracies.”
    —W.V. Quine (b. 1908)

    “Time in his little cinema of the heart
    Giving a première to Hate and Pain;
    And Space urbanely keeping us apart.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)