5.5 Qualifier Elements

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5.5 Qualifier Elements

A small number of content elements are used to provide additional information needed to fully specify the meaning of other content elements. These qualifier elements act as parameters that qualify the meaning of the content element with which they are associated. We have seen examples of many of these qualifier elements in the discussion ofother content elements in this chapter.

Table 5.3 lists the various qualifier elements along with their meaning and the other content elements they are typically used with.

Table 5.3: Qualifier Elements

Qualifier Element	What It Represents	Elements It's Used With
bvar	Bound variable	int, sum, product, min, max, diff, partialdiff, limit, condition, forall, exists
lowlimit	Lower limit	int, sum, product, limit
uplimit	Upper limit	int, sum, product, limit
interval	Interval	int, sum, product
condition	Condition	int, min, max, exists, sum, product, limit
domainofapplication	Domain	int, sum, product
degree	Degree of root, differentiation, or moment	root, diff, partialdiff, moment
momentabout	Statistical moment	moment
logbase	Base of logarithm	log

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