"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:14:57 +0100, Jack <jj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote in <news:AFmgk.1252$%e.348@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> in
> alt.algebra.help:
>
> [...]
>
>> You objected to my incor****ation of a computation. So I
>> take it the objection was as to its incor****ation
>> specifically in my definition of B.
>
> Yes.
>
>> Also, in *all* instances of B, B is dependent on (y+1)/2.
>
> Then perhaps it would be better to define B(x, p, q) to be
> {b in N : p | (x + 1)/2 + b or q | (x + 1)/2 - b}, and
> restrict the domain to triples (x, p, q) such that x is odd,
> and p and q are primes.
What, then, is the best way to convey that all integers in B are in
[1,(y+1/2)]?
Cheers.


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