Re: Simplify with NestedLessLess?
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- Subject: [mg106522] Re: [mg106487] Simplify with NestedLessLess?
- From: Dave Bird <dbird at ieee.org>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:19:27 -0500 (EST)
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- Reply-to: dbird at ieee.org
Thanks Daniel for the observation. I forgot to add that both a, and b are real positive. That, of course would have to be added to the assumptions. Dave Daniel Lichtblau wrote: > dbird wrote: >> Please excuse if this has been answered before, but I can't find it. >> >> Is there some way to do a Simplify with assumptions using a >> NestedLessLess or something similar? For example: >> >> d=a+b >> Simplify[d,NestedLessLess[a,b]] >> >> Answer is: >> a+b >> >> Answer should be: >> b >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dave > > I fail to see why the result should be b. > > Daniel Lichtblau > Wolfram Research > >
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- Simplify with NestedLessLess?