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Piecewise symbol in 5.1

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• Subject: [mg52304] Piecewise symbol in 5.1
• From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
• Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:23:48 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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In the downloadable AddendumV51.pdf, the display of a piecewise 
definition, e.g., of

   Piecewise[{{x < 0, -1}, {x >= 0, 1}}]

is shown with a large curly brace to the left of the pieces.  But in my 
Mathematica 5.1 under Windows 5.1, I see a long vertical bar.

What do you see?

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