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In addition: </p> <div class="smallexample"> <pre class="smallexample">maybe_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) || maybe_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) maybe_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_gt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) || maybe_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) maybe_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_gt (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) maybe_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_ge (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) </pre></div> <p>However: </p> <div class="smallexample"> <pre class="smallexample">maybe_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) && maybe_le (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) does not imply !maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) [== known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)] maybe_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) && maybe_ge (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) does not imply !maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) [== known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)] </pre></div> <p>One example is again ‘<samp><var>a</var> == 3 + 4<var>x</var></samp>’ and ‘<samp><var>b</var> == 1 + 5<var>x</var></samp>’, where ‘<samp>maybe_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)</samp>’, ‘<samp>maybe_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)</samp>’ and ‘<samp>maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)</samp>’ all hold. <code>maybe_le</code> and <code>maybe_ge</code> are therefore not antisymetric and do not form a partial order. </p> <p>From the above, it follows that: </p> <ul> <li> All “known” relations except <code>known_ne</code> are transitive. </li><li> <code>known_lt</code>, <code>known_ne</code> and <code>known_gt</code> are irreflexive. </li><li> <code>known_le</code>, <code>known_eq</code> and <code>known_ge</code> are reflexive. </li></ul> <p>Also: </p> <div class="smallexample"> <pre class="smallexample">known_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == known_gt (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) known_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == known_ge (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) known_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) implies !known_lt (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) [asymmetry] known_gt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) implies !known_gt (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) known_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) && known_le (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) == known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) [== !maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)] known_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) && known_ge (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) == known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) [== !maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)] </pre></div> <p><code>known_le</code> and <code>known_ge</code> are therefore antisymmetric and are partial orders. However: </p> <div class="smallexample"> <pre class="smallexample">known_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) does not imply known_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) || known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) known_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) does not imply known_gt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) || known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) </pre></div> <p>For example, ‘<samp>known_le (4, 4 + 4<var>x</var>)</samp>’ holds because the runtime indeterminate <var>x</var> is a nonnegative integer, but neither <code>known_lt (4, 4 + 4<var>x</var>)</code> nor <code>known_eq (4, 4 + 4<var>x</var>)</code> hold. </p> <hr> <div class="header"> <p> Next: <a href="Comparing-potentially_002dunordered-poly_005fints.html#Comparing-potentially_002dunordered-poly_005fints" accesskey="n" rel="next">Comparing potentially-unordered <code>poly_int</code>s</a>, Previous: <a href="Comparison-functions-for-poly_005fint.html#Comparison-functions-for-poly_005fint" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Comparison functions for <code>poly_int</code></a>, Up: <a href="Comparisons-involving-poly_005fint.html#Comparisons-involving-poly_005fint" accesskey="u" rel="up">Comparisons involving <code>poly_int</code></a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Option-Index.html#Option-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> </div> </body> </html>