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Re: Domain of a function

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• Subject: [mg123260] Re: Domain of a function
• From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
• Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:06:08 -0500 (EST)
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Forgot to mention the obvious:

Reduce[Element[x | Sqrt[2 + x], Reals]]

x >= -2

Andrzej Kozlowski


On 28 Nov 2011, at 11:52, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote:

> 
> On 27 Nov 2011, at 10:14, Tutor wrote:
> 
>> Element[x | Sqrt[2 + x], Reals]; what exactly does "|" in this case?
> 
> The first argument of Element can be a pattern and the assertions is 
> that everything that matches the pattern is real. So what kind things 
> match the pattern? For one, x matches it. Also, Sqrt[2+x] matches it and 
> nothing more does. In other words, both x and Sqrt[2+x] must be real.
> 
> 
> Andrzej Kozlowski
> 

• References:
  • Re: Domain of a function
    • From: Tutor <alfred.muehlleitner@gmx.at>
  • Re: Domain of a function
    • From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz@mimuw.edu.pl>