I cannot thank you enough for introducing me to Riesz. While finishing up my math degree, I came up with the idea that “it's all about distance/proximity/nearne

I cannot thank you enough for introducing me to Riesz. While finishing up my math degree, I came up with the idea that “it's all about distance/proximity/nearness”, and it looks like the same thing Riesz was thinking according to this: http://www.emis.de/journals/SEMR/v6/a1-10.pdf http://www.emis.de/journals/SEMR/v6/a1-10.pdf Here are some old comments where I used the concept: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2457581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2457581 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/e429d/best_explanation_ive_seen_so_far_why_option_types/c155s28 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/e429d/best_expl...