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Comment by HexDecOctBin

4 days ago

Sure, but how do you prove that you won't end up with `x' + y' > Z` for some value of x' and y'? In practice, it's always easier to prove `x < X, y < Y`.

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saagarjha  4 days ago

Generally the idea is that all of these are (more or less) easy to prove but the other policy allows for x' and y' to be independent

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