Aug. 5th, 2009

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The metric viewpoint: how far two objects are from each other. The logical viewpoint: to what degree two objects overlap.

Fuzzy mathematics is traditionally done from the logical viewpoint, so the first step in introducing fuzzy metrics is often the transformation f(x,y) = exp(-d(x,y)).Read more... )

However, this seems to be a rather superficial duality: basically two equivalent ways to write the same things using different notation.

The question is whether there is also a natural deeper duality here (of a contravariant nature, where function arrows would reverse direction when one switches between these two viewpoints).

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