Responding to my tale of Sammy's having waved me away with his "Measure theory? That's analysis, isn't it? Go ask an analyst." Michael Barr quite correctly remembered, in a private email, "But you did ask an analyst, as I recall. Lorch was your advisor." True. But only after Sammy's "rejection," on the grounds given, and Dick Kadison's subsequent rebuff after I approached him: "Measure Theory? Integration? That's Functional Analysis. I do Operator Theory. Go find a functional analyst." Edgar Raymond Lorch was rather more ... umm ... open-minded :-) . Though at one point, after I handed him the nth installment of my draft thesis to peruse, he did echo the words of Jesus, on the cross, when he was given a cup of vinegar to quench his thirst: "Oh, Lord, must I drink of this?" Cheers, -- FEJ Linton [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ] Status: RO