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Floor and ceiling functions

In mathematics, the floor function is the function that takes a real number x as input and returns the greatest integer less than or equal to x, written ⌊x⌋ or floor(x). Similarly, the ceiling function returns the least integer greater than or equal to x, written ⌈x⌉ or ceil(x).

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Floor and ceiling functions

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Floor and ceiling functions

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related to Monotonicity · 2
Floor and ceiling functions → Both, Rightarrow
related to Relations among the functions · 2
Floor and ceiling functions → In, It

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Floor and ceiling functionsrelated to MonotonicityBoth0.60section
Floor and ceiling functionsrelated to MonotonicityRightarrow0.60section
Floor and ceiling functionsrelated to Relations among the functionsIt0.60section
Floor and ceiling functionsrelated to Relations among the functionsIn0.60section

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