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> (To the mathematicians out there, I do apologize for being inspired by, but completely ignoring the nuance of, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_(measure_
by JadeNB 4y ago
> (To the mathematicians out there, I do apologize for being inspired by, but completely ignoring the nuance of, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_(measure_theory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_(measure_theory) - but I think it's a useful mental model even when generalized in a less-than-mathematical way!)
Mathematician here. We steal real-world terms and use them in technical ways all the time. It's OK to use real-world terms like "support" non-mathematically.