Re: Expressing 2- and 3-D coordinates

From: Francois Bonnarel <bonnarel-at-alinda.u-strasbg.fr>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:11:03 +0100 (MET)


Ok, Arnold,
  I just want to say that there are good reasons to refer to either component independantly. It was difficult with the list up to now.  <From arots-at-head.cfa.harvard.edu Thu Dec 22 00:14:30 2005
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<Hm. Frankly, it should not be taken as an excuse to rip 2-D and 3-D
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 Regards
François


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