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From: Frederick Williams <freddywilli...@btinternet.com>
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Subject: Re: Polishing up II
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Jack wrote:
> 
> "Frederick Williams" <freddywilli...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:4FE9F448.219D8B57@btinternet.com...
> > Jack wrote:
> >>
> >> [...] I want to say f/g is
> >> *strictly* decreasing to 1; and I really want to be able to say it using
> >> symbols instead of words -- at least as far as possible.
> >
> > Why?
> 
> Again, it's because I can't find a way of referencing the expressions -- I
> mean the whole concept of what is happening in the convergence -- that
> doesn't look awkward. I can't just say 'Then it follows by that bit on the
> middle of page 15, that....'

You ought to be able to label plain English just as you can formulae.

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