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It is not true in general that (x i. y) -: (~.x) i. y :

   x=: 50 ?.@$ 10
   y=: 20 ?.@$ 10
   x i. y
0 1 2 3 4 2 6 7 6 4 0 11 12 11 14 3 11 6 6 3
   (~.x) i. y
0 1 2 3 4 2 5 6 5 4 0 7 8 7 9 3 7 5 5 3

Under what conditions would  (x i. y) -: (~.x) i. y be true?

Solutions


No Duplicates

The proposition holds if x -: ~.x .

   x=: 50 ?.@$ 1e6
   y=: (5 ?@$ #x){x
   x -: ~. x
1
   x i. y
40 47 8 29 22
   (~.x) i. y
40 47 8 29 22

0 Items

The proposition holds if y (or x) has 0 items.

   x=: 50 ?.@$ 10
   y=: i. 0
   (x i. y) -: (~.x) i. y
1

Prefix

The proposition holds if all items of y occur in a prefix of x that has distinct items.

   x=: (20?.20) , 100 ?.@$ 20
   y=: 5 ?.@$ 20
   x i. y
0 3 2 8 5
   (~.x) i. y
0 3 2 8 5



See also



Contributed by Roger Hui. This text expands on the ideas discussed in the J Forum on 2007-10-12.