問えないこと

17:12 Aug 21, 2014
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Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / Functional Analysis
Japanese term or phrase: 問えないこと
What is the meaning of '問えないこと' in the following sentence?

無限次元の空間となると、一般的に言えることは限られる。特に難しいのは、次元が有限でないので、数の勘定をもって固有関数の数の過不足を問えないことである。

This is part of a paper on Functional Analysis. This part of the discussion deals with the difficulty in extending finite dimensional concepts to infinite dimensions.
Lekhika
Local time: 18:49


Summary of answers provided
3 +1cannot analyze (examine)
Kayoko Kimura
4cannot be found
Daniel Penso
3to ask
DLyons


  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cannot analyze (examine)


Explanation:
Literal meaning is "cannot ask" but from the context, the author is telling that we cannot conduct a (statistical?) analysis.

Example sentence(s):
  • We cannot analyze (examine) whether the dimension is finite or infinite.
Kayoko Kimura
United States
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. I had been wondering how "cannot ask" will fit into the context. Your explanation helps.


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agree  Takeshi MIYAHARA
18 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to ask


Explanation:
It seems to me to be literal. We cannot ask how many eigenvalues there are (note that, for an infinite dimensional space, a linear endomorphism may have infinitely many eigenvalues). So they can't count them in a simple finistic way.

I don't like "to analyze", since it can be analyzed.

DLyons
Ireland
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Asker: Thank you

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cannot be found


Explanation:
"Find" the answer seems natural to me.
http://www.varsitytutors.com/sat_math-help/how-to-find-the-s...

Daniel Penso
United States
Local time: 06:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much

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