andrel wrote:
> On 18-11-2009 22:52, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> Similarly, this fragment can appear inside a statement, such as 
>>>> "f(x) = 3 if x = sqrt(y/z), otherwise 9". In that case, the "x = 
>>>> sqrt(y/z)" part is clearly a conditional test.
>>>
>>> I don't remember 'if' being part of my maths course. Yet yhere must 
>>> be specialized subfields where it is defined.
>>
>> How about
>>
>>   sinc(x) = if x = 0 then 1 else sin(x) / x
>>
> nope, never seen that

I've seen it as
   sinc(x) = 1 if x = 0
   sinc(x) = sin(x)/x if x /= 0
I've never seen it written with an else.

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