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• CommentRowNumber1.
• CommentAuthorTodd_Trimble
• CommentTimeMay 13th 2010

The definition of “subnet” under net looked wrong to me (part of the wrongness was obvious), so I changed it so that it looks correct to me. Could someone please give independent verification?

• CommentRowNumber2.
• CommentAuthorTobyBartels
• CommentTimeJul 30th 2010
• (edited Jul 30th 2010)

I agree with your change, which makes the definition equivalent to that given by Willard.

However, I don’t actually agree with Willard’s definition, so I added some other definitions and explained the relationship between them.

• CommentRowNumber3.
• CommentAuthorHarry Gindi
• CommentTimeJul 30th 2010

Pete L Clark has a thing he typed up about filters and nets, and how the original definition of a subnet was wrong. In fact, one can get the correct definition by understanding the definition of a subfilter.

• CommentRowNumber4.
• CommentAuthorTobyBartels
• CommentTimeAug 2nd 2010

Pete L Clark has a thing he typed up about

Do you have a citation for that?

one can get the correct definition by understanding the definition of a subfilter.

That should give Definition 3.

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