Dilbert Spaces

[ewmayer]

I seem to recall these being defined as "A complete normed vector space with an inner product and a pointy-haired boss," but beyond that basic characterization, my recall is fuzzy.

Expert commentary and references in the mathematical literature would be appreciated.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

I seem to recall these being defined as "A complete normed vector space with an inner product and a pointy-haired boss," but beyond that basic characterization, my recall is fuzzy.

Expert commentary and references in the mathematical literature would be appreciated.

I thought a Dilbert space had to have a cubical boundary, which imposes topological constraints in addition to the ones you give.

Paul

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by xilman

I thought a Dilbert space had to have a cubical boundary, which imposes topological constraints in addition to the ones you give.

Ah yes, the well-known "Catbertian Space-filling Constraint" - thanks for remedying my omission thereof.

I also neglected to mention the famous

Wallycube N-Torus Food Conjecture:

Every food item or (for liquids) food container in a Wallycube is in the form of an N-Torus with N > 0. Examples: Donut (N = 1), Coffee Mug (N = 1), Pretzel (N = 1,2 or 3 depending on brand).