Strict inequality
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A strict inequality is an inequality where the inequality symbol is either (greater than) or
(less than). That is, a strict inequality is an inequality which has no equality conditions.
For example: is a strict inequality. However,
is not a strict inequality.
An example of a well-known strict inequality is the Triangle Inequality, which states that, in a nondegenerate triangle , the following relation holds:
![$AB+BC>AC$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/5/8/c5869fd58dc25499fdad1662705c4d4321d43ff2.png)
A non-example is the Trivial Inequality which states that if is a real number then
. This inequality is not strict because it has an equality case: when
,
.