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Re: simplifying inequalities

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  • Subject: [mg72326] Re: simplifying inequalities
  • From: "dimitris" <dimmechan at yahoo.com>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 06:02:39 -0500 (EST)
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In[61]:=
Simplify[Reduce[beamLength > 5*x && 2*beamLength > 5*x && 3*beamLength
> 5*x && 4*beamLength > 5*x && beamLength > x > 0,
   beamLength], x > 0]

Out[61]=
beamLength > 5*x

Dimitris
Chris Chiasson wrote:
> Thanks
>
> On 12/17/06, Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net> wrote:
> > ineq=beamLength>5 x&&2 beamLength>5 x&&3 beamLength>5 x&&
> >     4 beamLength>5 x;
> >
> > assum=beamLength>x>0;
> >
> > Simplify[Reduce[ineq&&assum, x], assum]
> >
> > beamLength>5 x
> >
> >
> > Bob Hanlon
> >
> > ---- Chris Chiasson <chris at chiasson.name> wrote:
> > > Why isn't the result of this command,
> > >
> > > FullSimplify[
> > >   beamLength>5 x&&2 beamLength>5 x&&3 beamLength>5 x&&
> > >     4 beamLength>5 x,{beamLength>x>0}]
> > >
> > > , equal to beamLength>5x?
> > >
> > > Mathematica just returns all the inequalities as input. Can something
> > > be done about this?
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://chris.chiasson.name/
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Bob Hanlon
> > hanlonr at cox.net
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> http://chris.chiasson.name/


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