[Blindmath] Inequalities in the Nemeth

[Amanda Lacy]

I knew that part, but I'm curious as to how he came up with the dot 
pattern which represents "or equal to"in this context.
On 5/6/2014 12:36 PM, Susan Jolly wrote:
> I would like to add two related and important pieces of information about
> the nemeth symbols for less than and greater than.  First, the dot 
> patterns
> formed by the raised dots of the two braille cells side-by-side 
> resemble the
> appearance of the print symbols for less than and greater than. This 
> is why
> Dr. Nemeth chose these two braille symbols. Second, you can remember 
> which one
> is which because the dot 5 cell is always closer to or pointing to the
> smaller quantity since it is only one dot whereas the dots 4 and 6 
> cell is
> always closer to the larger quantity since it is two dots.
>
> SusanJ
>
>
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