a<b<c, a>b>c ?

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#1 Posted: 3/6/2010 8:24:59 AM
Radovan Omorjan

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Hello Andrey,

Have you thought about using the ab>c to behave like in Mathcad (gives "true" if b is inside the interval (a,c))? I do not mind the way it is in SMath, but I know from my experience as a teacher that this is a standard mistake many students make.

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#2 Posted: 3/7/2010 3:29:58 AM
Greg Locock

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I'm a bit wary of notations that cannot be parsed. a>b>c is an ambigous statement to me, I could parse it as (a>b)>c or perversely a>(b>c), neither of which reflect the intended meaning of (a>b)*(b>c)
#3 Posted: 3/7/2010 12:45:03 PM
Radovan Omorjan

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I'm a bit wary of notations that cannot be parsed. a>b>c is an ambigous statement to me, I could parse it as (a>b)>c or perversely a>(b>c), neither of which reflect the intended meaning of (a>b)*(b>c)


I agree that this is a bit questionable. I am not quite sure why Mathcad used it (or most likely - I forgot why)

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Radovan
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