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Tofhdns Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is the following sentence correct?

The set X is made up of smaller number entries, while the set Y is made up of larger number entries among {1, 2, 3, ...., n}.

Another thing is which pair does sound better between (smaller, larger) and (lower, higher) in the above context?

Thanks.
  

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"made up of smaller/larger number entries" is not great wording. " However, it still seems kind of imprecise for a mathematical statement. , n} with no missing numbers or duplicates, or whether the largest element of X has to be smaller than the smallest element of Y.

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  • "made up of smaller/larger number entries" is not great wording.
  • " However, it still seems kind of imprecise for a mathematical statement.
  • , n} with no missing numbers or duplicates, or whether the largest element of X has to be smaller than the smallest element of Y.
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"made up of smaller/larger number entries" is not great wording. You could say something like "Set X consists of smaller integers from {1, 2, 3, ...., n}, while set Y consists of larger integers from {1, 2, 3, ...., n}." However, it still seems kind of imprecise for a mathematical statement. As well as the vagueness of "smaller" and "larger", one wonders such things as whether X + Y = exactly the
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Thank you for your reply.

How about this one?

"It is highly probable that set X consists of smaller integers from {1, 2, 3, ...., n}, while set Y consists of larger integers from {1, 2, 3, ...., n}."

Does that still sound awkward?

Thanks.
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tofhdnsThank you for your reply.How about this one?"It is highly probable that set X consists of smaller integers from {1, 2, 3, ...., n}, while set Y consists of larger integers from {1, 2, 3, ...., n}."Does that still sound awkward?Thanks.
That sounds OK to me.

On a minor note, I would prefer to use three dots for the ellipsis rather than four: {1,
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