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Re: P1788: PLEASE VOTE: M0013.04 & M0020.01



 Am 02.10.2010 18:17, schrieb Arnold Neumaier:
Corliss, George wrote:

Voting on Motion M0013.04 Comparison Relations ends on Friday, October 8.
Current count: Yes: 13; No: 0; Required for quorum: 37

Voting on Motion M0020.01 Comparison Relations ends on Friday, October 8.
Current count: Yes: 10; No: 2; Required for quorum: 37



The complexity pmomoted in these motions is not warranted by the applications. After having challenged the use of these relations,
not a single application was pointed out.

This is not correct. Applications using <= were mentionend in a mail by Juergen Wolff von Gudenberg.
Other comparisons were also mentioned to be needed by other mails.

The <= relation is the connection link between the set definition of the arithmetic operations for intervals and the explicit formulas for computing the result of the operations by the bounds of the operands, not just for real intervals but also for real interval vectors and interval matrices and again for complex intervals and for complex interval vectors and matrices. For the <= relation compatibility relations hold between the algebraic structure and the order stucture similar to the real numbers.. For instance: 1. If a <= b ==> a + c = b + c for all c. 2. If a <= b ==> -b <= -a. 3. If 0 <= a <= b and c >= 0 ==> ac <= bc and ca <= cb. Similar for division.

Ulrich Kulisch



Arnold Neumaier



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