Introduction

Abstract

What is a graph? Consider first the commonly used concept defined in terms of Cartesian coordinates; figure 1.la shows a graph of a real valued function f of a real continuous variable x where

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Figure 1.1b also shows a graph, this time of

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In both cases x can take on a (continuous) infinity of values and the graph consists of continuous lines containing an infinite number of points.