User john - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-22T13:30:30Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/user/20401 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/85044/definition-of-relation definition of relation john 2012-01-06T11:09:03Z 2012-01-06T11:09:03Z <p>Many textbooks define the notion of relation using the notion of n-tuple. So here is my point:</p> <p>How can you define relation<br> using n-tuple if an n-tuple itself should be defined<br> using the notion of ordering (i.e a relation.) ?</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/85044/definition-of-relation Comment by john john 2012-01-06T11:33:27Z 2012-01-06T11:33:27Z ok sorry...In fact I thought math.stackexchange.com had changed its name...