represents the domain of strictly negative rational numbers, as in x∈NegativeRationals.


NegativeRationals
represents the domain of strictly negative rational numbers, as in x∈NegativeRationals.
Details

- x∈NegativeRationals evaluates immediately if x is a numeric quantity.
- Simplify[expr∈NegativeRationals,assum] can be used to try to determine whether an expression corresponds to a negative rational number under the given assumptions.
- (x1|x2|…)∈NegativeRationals and {x1,x2,…}∈NegativeRationals test whether all xi are negative rational numbers.
- The domain of negative integers is taken to be a subset of the domain of negative rationals.
- NegativeRationals is output in StandardForm or TraditionalForm as
. This typeset form can be input using
nrats
.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Scope (5)
Test domain membership of a numeric expression:
Make domain membership assumptions:
Specify the default domain over which Reduce should work:
Test whether several numbers are negative rationals:
If any number is explicitly not a negative rational, the result is False:
TraditionalForm formatting:
Properties & Relations (4)
Membership in NegativeRationals is equivalent to membership in Rationals and negativity:
NegativeRationals contains NegativeIntegers:
NegativeRationals is contained in NegativeReals, Algebraics and Complexes:
NegativeRationals is disjoint from NonNegativeRationals and PositiveRationals:
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2019), NegativeRationals, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NegativeRationals.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2019. "NegativeRationals." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NegativeRationals.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2019). NegativeRationals. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NegativeRationals.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_negativerationals, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NegativeRationals}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NegativeRationals.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_negativerationals, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NegativeRationals}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NegativeRationals.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}