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Question about Reduce

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  • Subject: [mg63897] Question about Reduce
  • From: Mark Fisher <mark at markfisher.net>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:50:43 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

The following behavior of Reduce puzzles me.

conds = (5*Abs[67/30 - Sqrt[4489/900 - (18*(1 + x/3))/5]])/9 > 1 && 
(5*Abs[67/30 + Sqrt[4489/900 - (18*(1 + x/3))/5]])/9 > 1;

conds /. x -> 2

returns True

but

Reduce[conds && x â?? Reals, {x}, Complexes] /. x -> 2

returns False.

Is that a bug or do I just not understand what Reduce should do?

--Mark


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