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Reals

Reals
represents the domain of real numbers, as in xElementReals.
  • xElementReals evaluates immediately only if x is a numeric quantity.
  • Simplify[exprElementReals] can be used to try to determine whether an expression corresponds to a real number.
  • Within Simplify and similar functions, objects that satisfy inequalities are always assumed to be real.
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