Re: (x|y) \[element] Integers in Reduce function
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- Subject: [mg82630] Re: (x|y) \[element] Integers in Reduce function
- From: Steven Siew <siewsk at bp.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:29:37 -0400 (EDT)
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Thank you to everyone who has so kindly responded to my question.
I just want to let you know that I really appreciate your efforts and
that I am now just a little bit more knowledgeable about the
mathematica programming language.
Steven Siew
On Oct 24, 6:44 pm, Steven Siew <sie... at bp.com> 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