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Question on Positive[x]=True

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• Subject: [mg7791] Question on Positive[x]=True
• From: Raya Firsov-Khanin <raya at mech.ed.ac.uk>
• Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:41:06 -0400
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Dear Steve,

I have the following question.  I want to state that a variable 
x is positive. On page 1170 of the Third edition of The Mathematica book 
it is said that I can do it by making a definition
     
    Positive[x] = True 

However, while trying to do it I get a message : 
       
Set::write: Tag Positive in Positive[x] is Protected 

Any suggestions on how one can make variables positive, negative etc? 

Thanks a lot. 
                  Raya Khanin. 
                  University of Edinburgh