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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Review of Michael Denton, _Evolution: a Theory in Crisis_
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Date: Sun, 20-Apr-86 02:52:05 EST
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In article <760@petsd.UUCP> cjh@petsd.UUCP (Chris Henrich) writes:
>     Now, why should this be so?  Why is the space of
>organisms ultrametric?  I conjecture that the answer will be
>generally illuminating for biology.

I'd like some mathematical illumination first.  I am familiar with
the p-adics and ultrametrics in general etc. but I failed to see
what your analogy was.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720