From: jj v. a. <we...@ma...> - 2005-08-21 23:53:05
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Log Message: ----------- Update help file to match some recent changes in checking of answers which are intervals. Modified Files: -------------- webwork-modperl/htdocs/helpFiles: IntervalNotation.html Revision Data ------------- Index: IntervalNotation.html =================================================================== RCS file: /webwork/cvs/system/webwork-modperl/htdocs/helpFiles/IntervalNotation.html,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -Lhtdocs/helpFiles/IntervalNotation.html -Lhtdocs/helpFiles/IntervalNotation.html -u -r1.3 -r1.4 --- htdocs/helpFiles/IntervalNotation.html +++ htdocs/helpFiles/IntervalNotation.html @@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ <br> <br> +<li> If the answer is the empty set, you can specify that by using + braces with nothing inside: <code> { } </code> + +<br> +<br> + <li> You can use <code>R</code> as a shorthand for all real numbers. So, it is equivalent to entering <code>(-Inf, Inf)</code>. @@ -48,7 +54,8 @@ <br> -<li> WeBWorK will not interpret <tt>[2,4]U[3,5]</tt> as equivalent to <tt>[2,5]</tt>. +<li> WeBWorK will <b>not</b> interpret <tt>[2,4]U[3,5]</tt> as equivalent + to <tt>[2,5]</tt>, unless a problem tells you otherwise. All sets should be expressed in their simplest interval notation form, with no overlapping intervals. |