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Re: what does this parentheses mean?

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  • Subject: [mg59608] Re: [mg59578] what does this parentheses mean?
  • From: "benshimo at bgumail.bgu.ac.il" <bsyehuda at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 04:37:58 -0400 (EDT)
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Look at Piecewise at the help
yehuda

On 8/12/05, John Roberts <jlr-d at jlr-d.cnc.net> wrote:
>
> Mathematica 5.1 produced an output that I have never seen before from
> Mathematica - it was an algebraic expression that contained a different
> style of parentheses (I can't include the parentheses here because my
> email does not have the font for it) The parentheses are unlike any that
> I have seen before - they are like the regular parentheses (tall-style
> parentheses that are straight in the middle and curved at the top and
> bottom) that Mathematica uses in algebraic expressions, except the
> straight middle part of the parentheses is heavier/bolder than the
> curved parts at the top and bottom.
>
> I presume that this type of parentheses has a special meaning, but I
> can't find anything about it in the help browser or Mathematica book. If
> this type of parentheses has a special meaning, can someone tell me what
> it means?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John
>
>



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