Should probably also be changed to reflect the non-mathematical meanings of Analysis -- LMS^H^H^HGWO
"the investigation of relations and deriving properties about it." That sounds like it could just as easily be a definition of the theory of relations, which is a branch of logic. As a definition, it's also just not informative at all... I would help but I'm not a mathematician. :-) --LMS
I think the article was originally written by a non-native english speaker (I know which type 'cause I have proofed so many journal papers, but I will keep that to myself ;).