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Article #1215Re: approximately less than
From: David Russell
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:12
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:12
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From article <JMD.92Aug10141752@lion.bear.com>, by jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond): > > In article <1992Aug10.013303.18070@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> bunker@physun.physics.mcmaster.ca (Alex Bunker) writes: > > I need to write the symbol "approximately less than" in latex, > I see no way to do this in Lamont. Is there a way to write this symbol? > (< over tilda) > > This may seem like a silly question which is beside the point, but how > can one value be "approximately less than" another? Either a < b, or > a >= b... > > Confused... > > Josh Diamond > AKA Spidey!!! Same here. Or does he mean aproximately = and less than. a ~= b and a < b. or a < b and a+e > b. (e-small error). -- David M. Russell, Mechanical Eng. Dept. Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13676 (315) 268-9806 russell@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!clarkson!news From: russell@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (David Russell) Subject: Re: approximately less than Message-ID: <1992Aug10.211245.15600@news.clarkson.edu> Lines: 22 Sender: news@news.clarkson.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: sun.soe.clarkson.edu Organization: Clarkson University References: <JMD.92Aug10141752@lion.bear.com> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:12:45 GMT