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| | Previously or still another most of us must undergo a formal interview with an organization that has employment opportunity we are enthusiastic about. The meeting has become the most challenging part for most people while there is often apprehension in what questions is likely to be asked and how they ought to answer. <br><br>Maybe not or just how where people answer job interview questions will greatly determine if they get the job. People should be confident within their responses and task professionalism throughout the interview, and response job interview questions honestly and respectfully, not to state that some character shouldn"t be estimated, but should be kept inline with that of the interviewer. <br><br>Planning is the key as a way to answer job interview questions correctly and appropriately. There are many online sites that are open to people to help them cope with the interview process effectively. Impor-tant points to remember before the time concerns answer job interview questions, is that lots of research about the organization and the position being applied for must be conducted carefully before the interview. This great [http://shoper168.info/2014/08/20/college-interviews-common-questions/ close window] website has some unique suggestions for the purpose of it. The interviewee must anticipate what questions will be asked of them, and answer them properly when asked without trying to bluff their way through the meeting. Professional interviewers could place a bull****** a mile away! This will end the meeting quickly and could not win points. The simplest way to answer job interview questions is seriously and directly. <br><br>Applicants who are serious about having the job should never go to a meeting unprepared and arrogant, just assuming they are planning to get the job on their visual appearance and wonderful charm. In the event the meeting isn"t take-n seriously, then it is thought that the job don"t be both. Be taught supplementary info about [http://autopilot-income-machines.info/blogs/college-interviews-common-concerns/ principles] by [http://Www.britannica.com/search?query=browsing browsing] our forceful use with. The interviewee must be assured and ask [http://Statigr.am/tag/questions questions] in return showing the interviewer genuine curiosity about the position, to answer job interview questions successfully. The interview is preparation meeting opportunity, and it"s usually the only chance that candidates need to demonstrate why they"re the one for the work. Practice meeting questions aid in planning to ensure that when the time comes there is no-self doubt. The effect could be the capability to answer meeting issues with confidence and professionalism (and with no jitters!). For more information about how to successfully make it through an meeting and get that dream job contact me or see more in the links below. <br><br>These web sites have good tips on the subject of finding and how to emerge on top! Good Luck!!.<br><br>If you have any type of concerns relating to where and ways to utilize health services ([http://immenseintermis82.shutterfly.com immenseintermis82.shutterfly.com]), you could contact us at our web page. |
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| A '''triangular number''' or '''triangle number''' counts the objects that can form an [[equilateral triangle]], as in the diagram on the right. The ''n''th triangle number is the number of dots composing a triangle with {{math|''n''}} dots on a side, and is equal to the sum of the {{math|''n''}} [[natural number]]s from 1 to {{math|''n''}}. The sequence of triangular numbers {{OEIS|id=A000217}}, starting at the [[Empty sum|0th triangular number]], is:
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| :0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120 …
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| The triangle numbers are given by the following explicit formulas:
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| :<!-- THE END OF THE NEXT LINE HAS BINOMIAL NOTATION. PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR. --><math>
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| T_n= \sum_{k=1}^n k = 1+2+3 \dotsb +n = \frac{n(n+1)}{2} = {n+1 \choose 2}</math>
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| where <math>\textstyle {n+1 \choose 2}</math> is a [[binomial coefficient]]. It represents the number of distinct pairs that can be selected from ''n'' + 1 objects, and it is read aloud as "n plus one choose two".
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| The triangular number {{math|T<sub>''n''</sub>}} solves the "handshake problem" of counting the number of handshakes if each person in a room with ''n'' + 1 people shakes hands once with each person. In other words, the solution to the handshake problem of ''n'' people is ''T<sub>n-1</sub>''.<ref>http://www.mathcircles.org/node/835</ref>
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| Triangle numbers are the additive analog of the [[factorial]]s, which are the ''products'' of integers from 1 to n.
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| The number of line segments between closest pairs of dots in the triangle can be represented in terms of the number of dots or with a [[recurrence relation]]:
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| <math>
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| L_n = 3 T_{n-1}= 3{n \choose 2};~~~L_n = L_{n-1} + 3(n-1), ~L_1 = 0.
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| </math>
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| In the limit, the ratio between the two numbers, dots and line segments is
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| <math>
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| \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{T_n}{L_n} = \frac{1}{3}
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| </math>
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| ==Relations to other figurate numbers==
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| Triangular numbers have a wide variety of relations to other [[figurate number]]s.
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| Most simply, the sum of two consecutive triangular numbers is a [[square number]], with the sum being the square of the difference between the two (and thus the difference of the two being the square root of the sum). Algebraically,
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| :<math>T_n + T_{n-1} = \left (\frac{n^2}{2} + \frac{n}{2}\right) + \left(\frac{\left(n-1\right)^2}{2} + \frac{n-1}{2} \right ) = \left (\frac{n^2}{2} + \frac{n}{2}\right) + \left(\frac{n^2}{2} - \frac{n}{2} \right ) = n^2 = (T_n - T_{n-1})^2.</math>
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| Alternatively, the same fact can be demonstrated graphically:
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| |6 + 10 = 16
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| |[[Image:Square number 16 as sum of two triangular numbers.svg]]
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| |10 + 15 = 25
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| |[[Image:Square number 25 as sum of two triangular numbers.svg]]
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| There are infinitely many triangular numbers that are also square numbers; e.g., 1, 36. Some of them can be generated by a simple recursive formula: | |
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| :<math>S_{n+1} = 4S_n \left( 8S_n + 1\right)</math> with <math>S_1 = 1.</math>
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| ''All'' [[square triangular number]]s are found from the recursion
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| :<math>S_n = 34S_{n-1} - S_{n-2} + 2</math> with <math>S_0 = 0</math> and <math>S_1 = 1.</math>
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| Also, the [[Squared triangular number|square of the ''n''th triangular number]] is the same as the sum of the cubes of the integers 1 to ''n''.
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| The sum of the all triangular numbers up to the ''n''th triangular number is the ''n''th [[tetrahedral number]],
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| :<math> \frac {n(n+1)(n+2)} {6}.</math> | |
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| More generally, the difference between the ''n''th ''m''[[polygonal number|-gonal number]] and the ''n''th {{math|(''m'' + 1)}}-gonal number is the {{math|(''n'' − 1)}}th triangular number. For example, the sixth [[heptagonal number]] (81) minus the sixth [[hexagonal number]] (66) equals the fifth triangular number, 15. Every other triangular number is a hexagonal number. Knowing the triangular numbers, one can reckon any [[Centered number|centered polygonal number]]: the ''n''th centered ''k''-gonal number is obtained by the formula
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| :<math>Ck_n = kT_{n-1}+1\ </math>
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| where {{math|''T''}} is a triangular number.
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| The positive difference of two triangular numbers is a [[trapezoidal number]].
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| ==Other properties==
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| Triangular numbers correspond to the first-order case of [[Faulhaber's formula]].
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| Every even [[perfect number]] is triangular, given by the formula
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| :<math>M_p 2^{p-1} = M_p (M_p + 1)/2 = T_{M_p}</math>
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| where ''{{math|M}}''<sub>''{{math|p}}''</sub> is a [[Mersenne prime]]. No odd perfect numbers are known, hence all known perfect numbers are triangular.
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| For example, the third triangular number is (3 × 2 =) 6, the seventh is (7 × 4 =) 28, the 31st is (31 × 16 =) 496, and the 127th is (127 × 64 =) 8128.
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| In [[base 10]], the [[digital root]] of a nonzero triangular number is always 1, 3, 6, or 9. Hence every triangular number is either divisible by three or has a remainder of 1 when divided by nine:
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| :0 = 9 × 0
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| :1 = 9 × 0 + 1
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| :3 = 9 × 0 + 3
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| :6 = 9 × 0 + 6
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| :10 = 9 × 1 + 1
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| :15 = 9 × 1 + 6
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| :21 = 9 × 2 + 3
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| :28 = 9 × 3 + 1
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| :36 = 9 × 4
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| :45 = 9 × 5
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| :55 = 9 × 6 + 1
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| :66 = 9 × 7 + 3
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| :78 = 9 × 8 + 6
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| :91 = 9 × 10 + 1
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| :…
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| The digital root pattern for triangular numbers, repeating every nine terms, as shown above, is "1, 3, 6, 1, 6, 3, 1, 9, 9".
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| The converse of the statement above is, however, not always true. For example, the digital root of 12, which is not a triangular number, is 3 and divisible by three.
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| If {{math|''x''}} is a triangular number, then {{math|''ax'' + ''b''}} is also a triangular number, given {{math|''a''}} is an odd square and {{math|''b''}} = {{math|(''a'' − 1) / 8}}
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| Note that {{math|''b''}} will always be a triangular number, because {{math|1=8 × T<sub>''n''</sub> + 1 = (2''n'' + 1)<sup>2</sup>}}, which yields all the odd squares are revealed by multiplying a triangular number by 8 and adding 1, and the process for {{math|''b''}} given a is an odd square is the inverse of this operation.
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| The first several pairs of this form (not counting {{math|1''x'' + 0}}) are: {{math|9''x'' + 1}}, {{math|25''x'' + 3}}, {{math|49''x'' + 6}}, {{math|81''x'' + 10}}, {{math|121''x'' + 15}}, {{math|169''x'' + 21}}, … etc. Given {{math|''x''}} is equal to {{math|T<sub>''n''</sub>}}, these formulas yield {{math|T<sub>3''n'' + 1</sub>}}, {{math|T<sub>5''n'' + 2</sub>}}, {{math|T<sub>7''n'' + 3</sub>}}, {{math|T<sub>9''n'' + 4</sub>}}, and so on.
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| The sum of the [[Multiplicative inverse|reciprocals]] of all the nonzero triangular numbers is:
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| :<math> \!\ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{1 \over {{n^2 + n} \over 2}} = 2\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{1 \over {n^2 + n}} = 2 .</math>
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| This can be shown by using the basic sum of a [[telescoping series]]:
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| :<math> \!\ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{1 \over {n(n+1)}} = 1 .</math>
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| Two other interesting formulas regarding triangular numbers are:
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| :<math>T_{a+b} = T_a + T_b + ab\ </math>
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| and
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| :<math>T_{ab} = T_aT_b + T_{a-1}T_{b-1},\ </math>
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| both of which can easily be established either by looking at dot patterns (see above) or with some simple algebra.
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| In 1796, German mathematician and scientist [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]] discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers, writing in his diary his famous words, "[[Eureka (word)|EΥΡHKA!]] num = Δ + Δ + Δ". Note that this theorem does not imply that the triangular numbers are different (as in the case of 20 = 10 + 10), nor that a solution with exactly three nonzero triangular numbers must exist. This is a special case of [[Fermat polygonal number theorem|Fermat's Polygonal Number Theorem]].
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| The largest triangular number of the form {{math|2<sup>''k''</sup> − 1}} is [[4000 (number)#Selected numbers in the range 4001–4999|4095]] (see [[Ramanujan–Nagell equation]]).
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| [[Wacław Sierpiński|Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński]] posed the question as to the existence of four distinct triangular numbers in [[geometric progression]]. It was conjectured by Polish mathematician [[Kazimierz Szymiczek]] to be impossible. This conjecture was proven by Fang and Chen in 2007.<ref>[http://www.emis.de/journals/INTEGERS/papers/h19/h19.pdf Chen, Fang: Triangular numbers in geometric progression]</ref><ref>[http://www.emis.de/journals/INTEGERS/papers/h57/h57.pdf Fang: Nonexistence of a geometric progression that contains four triangular numbers]</ref>
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| == Applications ==
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| A [[fully connected network]] of {{math|''n''}} computing devices requires the presence of {{math|T<sub>''n'' − 1</sub>}} cables or other connections; this is equivalent to the handshake problem mentioned above.
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| In a tournament format that uses a round-robin [[group stage]], the number of matches that need to be played between n teams is equal to the triangular number {{math|T<sub>''n'' − 1</sub>}}. For example, a group stage with 4 teams requires 6 matches, and a group stage with 8 teams requires 28 matches. This is also equivalent to the handshake problem and fully connected network problems.
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| One way of calculating the [[depreciation]] of an asset is the [[Depreciation#Sum-of-years' digits method|sum-of-years' digits method]], which involves finding {{math|T<sub>''n''</sub>}}, where {{math|''n''}} is the length in years of the asset's useful life. Each year, the item loses {{math|(''b'' − ''s'') × {{frac|(n − y)|T<sub>''n''</sub>}}}}, where {{math|''b''}} is the item's beginning value (in units of currency), {{math|''s''}} is its final salvage value, {{math|''n''}} is the total number of years the item is usable, and {{math|''y''}} the current year in the depreciation schedule. Under this method, {{math|''n''}} item with a usable life of 4 years would lose 4/10 of its "losable" value in the first year, 3/10 in the second, 2/10 in the third, and 1/10 in the fourth, accumulating a total depreciation of 10/10 (the whole) of the losable value.
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| ==Triangular roots and tests for triangular numbers==
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| By analogy with the [[square root]] of {{mvar|x}}, one can define the (positive) triangular root of {{mvar|x}} as the number ''n'' such that {{math|1=''T''<sub>''n''</sub> = ''x''}}:<ref name="EulerRoots">{{Citation |last=Euler |first=Leonhard |authorlink=Leonhard Euler |last2=Lagrange |first2=Joseph Louis |author2-link=Joseph Louis Lagrange |year=1810 |title=[[Elements of Algebra]] |edition=2nd |volume=1 |publisher=J. Johnson and Co. |pages=332–335}}</ref>
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| :<math>n = \frac{\sqrt{8x+1}-1}{2}.</math>
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| An integer {{mvar|x}} is triangular if and only if {{math|8''x'' + 1}} is a square. Equivalently, if the positive triangular root {{mvar|n}} of {{mvar|x}} is an integer, then {{mvar|x}} is the {{mvar|n}}th triangular number.<ref name="EulerRoots" />
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| ==Notes==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| {{commons category|triangular numbers}}
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| * {{springer|title=Arithmetic series|id=p/a013370}}
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| * [http://www.cut-the-knot.org/do_you_know/numbers.shtml#square Triangular numbers] at [[cut-the-knot]]
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| * [http://www.cut-the-knot.org/do_you_know/triSquare.shtml There exist triangular numbers that are also square] at [[cut-the-knot]]
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| * {{MathWorld|urlname=TriangularNumber|title=Triangular Number}}
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| * [http://vihart.com/blog/gauss/ Triangular numbers via 12 days of Christmas] by [[Vi Hart]]
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| * [http://rhubbarb.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/hypertetrahedral-polytopic-roots/ Hypertetrahedral Polytopic Roots] by Rob Hubbard, including the generalisation to ''triangular cube roots'', some higher dimensions, and some approximate formulae
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| {{Series (mathematics)}}
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| {{Classes of natural numbers}}
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| [[Category:Figurate numbers]]
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| [[Category:Triangles]]
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| [[Category:Integer sequences]]
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| [[Category:Proof without words]]
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