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Re: Why doesn't TrueQ return True here?

From DrMajorBob <btreat1@austin.rr.com>
Newsgroups comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
Subject Re: Why doesn't TrueQ return True here?
Date 2011-06-20 12:04 +0000
Organization Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc.
Message-ID <itnd12$7gc$1@smc.vnet.net> (permalink)
References <201106192329.TAA01160@smc.vnet.net>

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In[29] doesn't do ANYTHING, and In[30] affects only "such functions as  
Simplify, Refine, and Integrate", according to help.

It doesn't affect TrueQ, but it does affect Simplify:

$Assumptions = t2 > t1
Simplify[t2 - t1 > 0]

t2 > t1

True

Bobby

On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:29:26 -0500, Jacare Omoplata  
<walkeystalkey@gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's the output.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> In[29]:= Element[{t1, t2}, Reals]
>
> Out[29]= (t1 | t2) \[Element] Reals
>
> In[30]:= $Assumptions = t2 > t1
>
> Out[30]= t2 > t1
>
> In[31]:= TrueQ[(t2 - t1) > 0]
>
> Out[31]= False
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> I would expect TrueQ to return True, not False. Why does it return False?
>
> And how can I test whether t2-t1 is positive?
>
> Thanks.
>


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