Such that - adverbial conjunction expressing object

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Another example where bipartite graphs appear naturally is in the (NP-complete) railway optimization problem, in which the input is a schedule of trains and their stops, and the goal is to find a set of train stations as small as possible such that every train visits at least one of the chosen stations.

I think "such that" should have been "so that", but I can't assure myself.
So, I'd like to know I can use "such that" in lieu of "so that."
Thank you in advance for your help.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

park sang joon such that

It is the standard language in math and logic problems such as this one.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your very helpful answer.

2. In the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics field of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory, a bipartite graph (or bigraph) is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_(mathematics) whose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertex_(graph_theory) can be divided into two http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjoint_sets and (that is, and are each http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independentset(graph_theory)) such that every http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_(graph_theory) connects a vertex in to one in . Vertex set and are often denoted as partite sets. Equivalently, a bipartite graph is a graph that does not contain any odd-length http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_(graph_theory).^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartite_graph#cite_note-diestel2005graph-1}^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartite_graph#cite_note-2}

Then, how about "such that" in #2? here, "such that" has been used to lead result clause?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

park sang joonThen, how about "such that" in #2

It is exactly the same meaning and structure as in your first example.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your continuing support.

Then, I'd like to know whether in general speaking, I can use "such that", as in #3.
3. I was very hungry afternoon yesterday, such that I ate one whole chicken to myself.

CalifJim · Answer

park sang joonI'd like to know whether in general speaking, I can use "such that", as in #3.
3. I was very hungry afternoon yesterday, such that I ate one whole chicken to myself.

No. Use "so" instead of "such that" in that kind of everyday sentence. Otherwise, it sounds like you want to speak like a mathematician all the time. People will start to avoid you for being so strange.

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Moreover, "such that" doesn't even make sense in that sentence. It's saying:

Yesterday afternoon I was very hungry in such a way that I ate a whole chicken myself.

How many ways are there to be hungry? Only one. So you can't be hungry in that special way that makes you eat a whole chicken, then be hungry in a different special way that makes you eat fish, and so on.

"such that" makes more sense after statements that suggest a choice of different possible ways of accomplishing something.

CJ

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