Given that this particular scrum was set bang in front of the posts, with freedom on both sides, 20 metres from the line, England might have had an eye on more than three points.
Reachable sets of bang-bang constrained solutions are convex; an application to the calculus of variations yields a density result.
Monfils, the game's grand enigma, did his best to confound perceptions when he raced to 4-0 in the second set, banging down a couple of aces, while still reaching for the unreachable.
And that setting, slap bang in the middle of the most divisive election race in recent history, feels apt.
10.38am BST Nel cites the evidence of Dr Stipp – he testified that he heard "help, help, help" after the second set of bang sounds (the ones the defence claims were in fact the cricket bat on the door).
In 1987, along with David Lang and Julia Wolfe, he set up Bang on a Can, an organisation and ensemble that began as a one-day event in the Lower East Side and has since performed around the world at gigs as diverse as the Olympics and the Proms.
The thoughtfully curated program spans from interdisciplinary experimental work to late-night sets of banging minimal techno.
Montreal electronic music festival MUTEK is about to kick off its 17th year, taking over various venues around the city from June 1 to 5. The thoughtfully curated program spans from interdisciplinary experimental work to late night sets of banging minimal techno.
Every single night there – understandable, considering we were 16, in a nightclub, dancing with girls in a non-school disco setting – was banging, though they were even more banging when Paul Van Dyk dropped in for a rare six-hour trance set.
