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In article <1992Aug10.211245.15600@news.clarkson.edu> russell@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (David Russell) writes:
>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

my graduate advisor, a physicist, introduced me to this `symbol'. it's
extremely handy, e.g., for an infra-red detector which is unusuable
for wavelengths `approximately greater than' 13 microns. it's
efficiency drops rapidly, BUT it can be used at slightly longer
wavelengths. i guess, symbols like >= implies exactnesss which is not
true in the real world. the approx.> is particularly useful to me as
an engineer.

thanks to all those who proferred macros. with my limited tex-pertise,
the one i used was pretty ugly (oxymoron! :) )

------- sarbajit ghosal, research assistant, mechanical engg. dept.
	ghosal@navier.stanford.edu