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Re: Solve never calls Equal?

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• Subject: [mg120299] Re: Solve never calls Equal?
• From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
• Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:04:08 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <201107150118.VAA23606@smc.vnet.net> <ivovvt$qpa$1@smc.vnet.net> <201107160941.FAA08237@smc.vnet.net> <7BBB2BCC-0234-4BDA-A129-3270EBA623CE@mimuw.edu.pl> <4E2285B3.9040104@eecs.berkeley.edu>

On 17 Jul 2011, at 08:48, Richard Fateman wrote:

> The point of this predecessor note was to explain to Andrzej why Solve appeared to him to be broken.
> In fact, Solve does not use Equal in this example.

That's, of course, one of Richard's funnier jokes (as may people here I am sure will notice by themselves).

Andrzej Kozlowski

• References:
  • Re: Numerical accuracy/precision - this is a bug or a feature?
    • From: "Christoph Lhotka" <christoph.lhotka@univie.ac.at>
  • Solve never calls Equal?
    • From: Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu>