Re: Evaluating inequalities
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 - From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
 - Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 03:07:34 -0400 (EDT)
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On 9/7/13 at 6:03 AM, sam.takoy at yahoo.com wrote:
>Why doesn't this:
>Assuming[w/k < KK, -k^2 + w^2/KK^2 > 0] // Simplify
>evaluate to False?
Consider
In[1]:= w/k < KK /. {w -> 2, k -> -1, KK -> 1}
Out[1]= True
In[2]:= -k^2 + w^2/KK^2 > 0 /. {w -> 2, k -> -1, KK -> 1}
Out[2]= True