Problem 45939. Estimate π from certain values of the zeta function

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<div style = "text-align: start; line-height: 20.4333px; min-height: 0px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, monospace; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "><div style="block-size: 329.2px; display: block; min-width: 0px; padding-block-start: 0px; padding-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 407px 164.6px; transform-origin: 407px 164.6px; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="block-size: 42px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 47.85px 7.8px; transform-origin: 47.85px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Cody Problems</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; transform-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> </span></span><a target='_blank' href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/2908-approximation-of-pi"><span style=""><span style="">2908</span></span></a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 13.6167px 7.8px; transform-origin: 13.6167px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> and</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; transform-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> </span></span><a target='_blank' href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/2909-approximation-of-pi-vector-inputs"><span style=""><span style="">2909</span></span></a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 60.2833px 7.8px; transform-origin: 60.2833px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> ask us to estimate </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;STIXGeneral&quot;, &quot;STIXGeneral-webfont&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">π</span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 211.217px 7.8px; transform-origin: 211.217px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> by summing a given number of terms in an infinite sum, the Leibniz formula.</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 63px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 31.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 31.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 99.1833px 7.8px; transform-origin: 99.1833px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Here you are asked to estimate </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;STIXGeneral&quot;, &quot;STIXGeneral-webfont&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">π</span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 248.95px 7.8px; transform-origin: 248.95px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> by summing a given number of terms in other infinite sums corresponding to the</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; transform-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> </span></span><a target='_blank' href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_zeta_function"><span style=""><span style="perspective-origin: 69.6333px 7.8px; transform-origin: 69.6333px 7.8px; ">Riemann zeta function</span></span></a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 197.217px 7.8px; transform-origin: 197.217px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> evaluated at positive even integers. For example, in solving the</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; transform-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> </span></span><a target='_blank' href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_problem"><span style=""><span style="">Basel problem</span></span></a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 62.6167px 7.8px; transform-origin: 62.6167px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">, Euler summed the reciprocals of the squares of positive integers and showed that </span></span><span style="vertical-align:-5px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="zeta(2) = pi^2/6" style="width: 78px; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 109.55px 7.8px; transform-origin: 109.55px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Write a function that takes a vector </span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.85px 7.8px; transform-origin: 3.85px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, &quot;Courier New&quot;, monospace; perspective-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; transform-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; ">n</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 147.783px 7.8px; transform-origin: 147.783px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> with the numbers of terms to sum and a vector </span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.85px 7.8px; transform-origin: 3.85px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, &quot;Courier New&quot;, monospace; perspective-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; transform-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; ">m</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 113.967px 7.8px; transform-origin: 113.967px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> with the values at which to estimate the zeta function. The function should return an array of character strings with the absolute value of the relative error of the estimate E--that is,</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; transform-origin: 1.95px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> </span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 46.2px 7.8px; transform-origin: 46.2px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, &quot;Courier New&quot;, monospace; perspective-origin: 46.2px 8.25px; transform-origin: 46.2px 8.25px; ">abs(E-pi)/pi</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 227.483px 7.8px; transform-origin: 227.483px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">. Report the relative error in scientific notation using num2str(...,'%10.2e').</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 132.25px 7.8px; transform-origin: 132.25px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">For example, PiByZeta(30,2) should return</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-end-end-radius: 4px; border-end-start-radius: 4px; border-start-end-radius: 4px; border-start-start-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-block-end: 10px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-inline-end: 3px; margin-inline-start: 3px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; "><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 0.916667px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 0.916667px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0.916667px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.916667px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 42.35px 8.25px; transform-origin: 42.35px 8.25px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; transform-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; "> </span><span style="border-block-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-block-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-left-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-right-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-top-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); caret-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); color: rgb(170, 4, 249); column-rule-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); perspective-origin: 38.5px 8.25px; text-decoration: none; text-decoration-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-emphasis-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); transform-origin: 38.5px 8.25px; ">'1.00e-02'</span></span></div></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 130.7px 7.8px; transform-origin: 130.7px 7.8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">while PiByZeta([25 30],[2 8]) should return</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); block-size: 40.8667px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-end-end-radius: 4px; border-end-start-radius: 4px; border-start-end-radius: 4px; border-start-start-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-block-end: 10px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-inline-end: 3px; margin-inline-start: 3px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 404px 20.4333px; transform-origin: 404px 20.4333px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; "><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 0.916667px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 0.916667px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0.916667px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.916667px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 80.85px 8.25px; transform-origin: 80.85px 8.25px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; transform-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; "> </span><span style="border-block-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-block-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-left-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-right-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-top-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); caret-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); color: rgb(170, 4, 249); column-rule-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); perspective-origin: 77px 8.25px; text-decoration: none; text-decoration-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-emphasis-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); transform-origin: 77px 8.25px; ">'1.20e-02  1.00e-02'</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 0.916667px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 0.916667px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0.916667px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.916667px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 80.85px 8.25px; transform-origin: 80.85px 8.25px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; transform-origin: 3.85px 8.25px; "> </span><span style="border-block-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-block-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-end-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-inline-start-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-left-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-right-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-top-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); caret-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); color: rgb(170, 4, 249); column-rule-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); perspective-origin: 77px 8.25px; text-decoration: none; text-decoration-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-emphasis-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); transform-origin: 77px 8.25px; ">'2.53e-12  7.22e-13'</span></span></div></div></div></div>

Cody Problems <https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/2908-approximation-of-pi 2908> and <https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/2909-approximation-of-pi-vector-inputs 2909> ask us to estimate π by summing a given number of terms in an infinite sum, the Leibniz formula.

Here you are asked to estimate π by summing a given number of terms in other infinite sums corresponding to the <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_zeta_function Riemann zeta function> evaluated at positive even integers. For example, in solving the <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_problem Basel problem>, Euler summed the reciprocals of the squares of positive integers and showed that ζ(2) = π^2/6.

Write a function that takes a vector n with the numbers of terms to sum and a vector m with the values at which to estimate the zeta function. The function should return an array of character strings with the absolute value of the relative error of the estimate E--that is, |abs(E-pi)/pi|. Report the relative error in scientific notation using num2str(...,'%10.2e').

For example, PiByZeta(30,2) should return

'1.00e-02'
 
while PiByZeta([25 30],[2 8]) should return

'1.20e-02  1.00e-02'
 '2.53e-12  7.22e-13'

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