Where did that come from? Start with
1: a, b = min(a, b), max(a, b) // a ≤ b 2: b, c = min(b, c), max(b, c) // b ≤ c ∧ a ≤ c 3: a, b = min(a, b), max(a, b) // a ≤ b ≤ c
The values of c in statement 2 and a in statement 3 can be ignored.
1: a, b = min(a, b), max(a, b) 2: b = min(b, c) 3: b = max(a, b)
Replace in statement 3 the value of b computed in statement 2.
1: a, b = min(a, b), max(a, b) 3: b = max(a, min(b, c))
Replace in statement 3 the values of a and b computed in statement 1.
3: b = max(min(a, b), min(max(a, b), c))
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