[R] Meaning of /, :, and %in% in lmer

[Claus Wilke]

Hello,

I asked this question a little while ago ( 
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-April/158761.html ) but got no 
response. Can anybody explain to me the difference between /, :, and %in% in 
the definition of random effects in lmer, such as:
(1|A/B), (1|A:B), (1|B %in% A)?

My understanding is that (1|A/B) is the same as (1|A) + (1|A:B), but I have 
not seen this stated explicitly anywhere. And I don't understand why (1|A/B) 
seems to be different from (1|A) + (1|B %in% A), isn't that what %in% means?

Thanks a lot for your help,
  Claus Wilke
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Claus Wilke
Section of Integrative Biology 
 and Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 
University of Texas at Austin
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