Real Number Interval
A Real Number Interval is a numeric interval that is a subsequence of the real-number line.
- AKA: Real Number Subsequence, Real Interval.
- Context:
- It can range from being an Unbounded Real Number Sequence to being a Bounded Real Number Sequence, such as a Real Number Interval.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- (Red, 5, 0).
- [0,1) ∪ (2, ∞), a Composite Real Number Subsequence.
- Integer Number Interval.
- Integer Sequence.
- See: Real Number, Hyperplane, Total Partial Order Relation, Number Subsequence, Real-Valued Function,----
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(mathematics) Retrieved:2015-6-22.
- In mathematics, an (real) interval is a set of real numbers with the property that any number that lies between two numbers in the set is also included in the set. For example, the set of all numbers satisfying 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 is an interval which contains 0 and 1, as well as all numbers between them. Other examples of intervals are the set of all real numbers [math]\displaystyle{ \mathbb{R} }[/math], the set of all negative real numbers, and the empty set.
Real intervals play an important role in the theory of integration, because they are the simplest sets whose "size" or "measure" or "length" is easy to define. The concept of measure can then be extended to more complicated sets of real numbers, leading to the Borel measure and eventually to the Lebesgue measure.
Intervals are central to interval arithmetic, a general numerical computing technique that automatically provides guaranteed enclosures for arbitrary formulas, even in the presence of uncertainties, mathematical approximations, and arithmetic roundoff.
Intervals are likewise defined on an arbitrary totally ordered set, such as integers or rational numbers. The notation of integer intervals is considered in the special section below.
- In mathematics, an (real) interval is a set of real numbers with the property that any number that lies between two numbers in the set is also included in the set. For example, the set of all numbers satisfying 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 is an interval which contains 0 and 1, as well as all numbers between them. Other examples of intervals are the set of all real numbers [math]\displaystyle{ \mathbb{R} }[/math], the set of all negative real numbers, and the empty set.
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