Discrete Math Floor And Ceiling

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Discrete math floor and ceiling.

Browse other questions tagged functions discrete mathematics inequality or ask your own question. In mathematics and computer science the floor function is the function that takes as input a real number and gives as output the greatest integer less than or equal to denoted or similarly the ceiling function maps to the least integer greater than or equal to denoted or. Floor and ceiling functions let x be a real number the floor function of x denoted by x is the largest integer that is smaller than or equal to x the ceiling function of x denoted by x is the. For example and while.

A floor function map a real number to a smallest previous integer b greatest previous integer c smallest following integer d none of the mentioned view answer. How do i use the floor and or ceiling functions to express the number of integers n that satisfy a n b. Some say int 3 65 4 the same as the floor function. Endgroup brian m.

This set of discrete mathematics multiple choice questions answers mcqs focuses on floor and ceiling function. Let a and b be real numbers with a b. Scott apr 2 15 at 7 35. The int function short for integer is like the floor function but some calculators and computer programs show different results when given negative numbers.

Remember 2 1 5 1 so 2 is the floor and 1 the ceiling not the other way round.