What do you call a relation between two unknowns?
I know that in mathematics, the relation a = 2b is called an equation.
Is the relation a > 2b is still called an equation or is it called something else?
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I know that in mathematics, the relation a = 2b is called an equation.
Is the relation a > 2b is still called an equation or is it called something else?
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Seems to be a duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality.
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Possible duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality
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I know that in mathematics, the relation a = 2b is called an equation.
Is the relation a > 2b is still called an equation or is it called something else?
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I know that in mathematics, the relation a = 2b is called an equation.
Is the relation a > 2b is still called an equation or is it called something else?
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Seems to be a duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality.
– Chemomechanics
yesterday
Possible duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality
– Chappo
yesterday
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1
Seems to be a duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality.
– Chemomechanics
yesterday
Possible duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality
– Chappo
yesterday
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Seems to be a duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality.
– Chemomechanics
yesterday
Seems to be a duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality.
– Chemomechanics
yesterday
Possible duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality
– Chappo
yesterday
Possible duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality
– Chappo
yesterday
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The example you give, a > 2b, is called an inequality.
In my grade-school math classes we used the term "inequality" to refer even to expressions like a ≥ 2b; language can be messy sometimes.
Equations, inequalities, and expressions like a ∈ ℚ and "b is prime" are all constraints.
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Your question seems to me to provide its own answer. The word relation is often used in this context, it avoids needless debate about whether a ≥ 2b is an inequality or not, and if anyone wants to know exactly what kind of relation they need only look at the mathematical notation.
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JeremyCJeremyC
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "relation" refer to the result of the constrainta ≥ 2b, and not the constraint itself?
– John Wu
22 hours ago
@JohnWu I am not quite sure what you mean by the result in this context. Certainly in the kind of papers and books I read relation has the meaning I have suggested in my answer.
– JeremyC
22 hours ago
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The example you give, a > 2b, is called an inequality.
In my grade-school math classes we used the term "inequality" to refer even to expressions like a ≥ 2b; language can be messy sometimes.
Equations, inequalities, and expressions like a ∈ ℚ and "b is prime" are all constraints.
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The example you give, a > 2b, is called an inequality.
In my grade-school math classes we used the term "inequality" to refer even to expressions like a ≥ 2b; language can be messy sometimes.
Equations, inequalities, and expressions like a ∈ ℚ and "b is prime" are all constraints.
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The example you give, a > 2b, is called an inequality.
In my grade-school math classes we used the term "inequality" to refer even to expressions like a ≥ 2b; language can be messy sometimes.
Equations, inequalities, and expressions like a ∈ ℚ and "b is prime" are all constraints.
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The example you give, a > 2b, is called an inequality.
In my grade-school math classes we used the term "inequality" to refer even to expressions like a ≥ 2b; language can be messy sometimes.
Equations, inequalities, and expressions like a ∈ ℚ and "b is prime" are all constraints.
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Your question seems to me to provide its own answer. The word relation is often used in this context, it avoids needless debate about whether a ≥ 2b is an inequality or not, and if anyone wants to know exactly what kind of relation they need only look at the mathematical notation.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "relation" refer to the result of the constrainta ≥ 2b, and not the constraint itself?
– John Wu
22 hours ago
@JohnWu I am not quite sure what you mean by the result in this context. Certainly in the kind of papers and books I read relation has the meaning I have suggested in my answer.
– JeremyC
22 hours ago
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Your question seems to me to provide its own answer. The word relation is often used in this context, it avoids needless debate about whether a ≥ 2b is an inequality or not, and if anyone wants to know exactly what kind of relation they need only look at the mathematical notation.
answered yesterday
JeremyCJeremyC
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "relation" refer to the result of the constrainta ≥ 2b, and not the constraint itself?
– John Wu
22 hours ago
@JohnWu I am not quite sure what you mean by the result in this context. Certainly in the kind of papers and books I read relation has the meaning I have suggested in my answer.
– JeremyC
22 hours ago
add a comment |
Your question seems to me to provide its own answer. The word relation is often used in this context, it avoids needless debate about whether a ≥ 2b is an inequality or not, and if anyone wants to know exactly what kind of relation they need only look at the mathematical notation.
answered yesterday
JeremyCJeremyC
2,377313
Your question seems to me to provide its own answer. The word relation is often used in this context, it avoids needless debate about whether a ≥ 2b is an inequality or not, and if anyone wants to know exactly what kind of relation they need only look at the mathematical notation.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "relation" refer to the result of the constrainta ≥ 2b, and not the constraint itself?
– John Wu
22 hours ago
@JohnWu I am not quite sure what you mean by the result in this context. Certainly in the kind of papers and books I read relation has the meaning I have suggested in my answer.
– JeremyC
22 hours ago
add a comment |
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "relation" refer to the result of the constrainta ≥ 2b, and not the constraint itself?
– John Wu
22 hours ago
@JohnWu I am not quite sure what you mean by the result in this context. Certainly in the kind of papers and books I read relation has the meaning I have suggested in my answer.
– JeremyC
22 hours ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "relation" refer to the result of the constraint
a ≥ 2b, and not the constraint itself?– John Wu
22 hours ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "relation" refer to the result of the constraint
a ≥ 2b, and not the constraint itself?– John Wu
22 hours ago
@JohnWu I am not quite sure what you mean by the result in this context. Certainly in the kind of papers and books I read relation has the meaning I have suggested in my answer.
– JeremyC
22 hours ago
@JohnWu I am not quite sure what you mean by the result in this context. Certainly in the kind of papers and books I read relation has the meaning I have suggested in my answer.
– JeremyC
22 hours ago
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Seems to be a duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality.
– Chemomechanics
yesterday
Possible duplicate of Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality
– Chappo
yesterday