Re: (x|y) \[element] Integers in Reduce function
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- Subject: [mg82583] Re: [mg82552] (x|y) \[element] Integers in Reduce function
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:10:09 -0400 (EDT)
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On 24 Oct 2007, at 17:31, Steven Siew wrote:
> Consider the following
>
> Reduce[x^2 - 2 y^2 == 1 && x>= 0 && y>=0 && (x|y) \[element] Integers,
> {x,y} ]
>
> What does " (x|y) \[element] Integers " mean?
>
> Does it mean:
>
> (a) x is an Integer AND y is an Integer
>
> (b) x is an Integer OR y is an Integer
>
> Thank you
>
>
It means AND. The reason is that x|y is a pattern. So what this is
saying is that everything that the pattern x|y matches is assumed to
be an integer. But what sort of things does the pattern x|y match?
Well, it certianly matches x. And it certainly matches y. And it does
not match anything else in your formula. So both x and y are assumed
to be integers.
Andrzej Kozlowski
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- (x|y) \[element] Integers in Reduce function
- From: Steven Siew <siewsk@bp.com>
- (x|y) \[element] Integers in Reduce function