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subsetp

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

subsetp (a, b)

Description

Returns true if and only if the set a is a subset of b.

subsetp complains if either a or b is not a literal set.

Examples:

(%i1) subsetp ({1, 2, 3}, {a, 1, b, 2, c, 3});
(%o1)                         true
(%i2) subsetp ({a, 1, b, 2, c, 3}, {1, 2, 3});
(%o2)                         false
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