nearest integer function

function which returns the nearest integer to x; for half-integers, a rounding rule must be chosen, usually to round half-integers to the nearest even integer
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nearest integer function

Summary

nearest integer function is an idempotent function[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (idempotent_function category, ranking #4 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • nearest integer function's image is recorded as Nearest integer.svg[3].
  • nearest integer function's instance of is recorded as idempotent function[4].
  • nearest integer function's instance of is recorded as integer-valued function[5].
  • nearest integer function's instance of is recorded as rounding[6].
  • nearest integer function's definition domain is recorded as set of real numbers[7].
  • nearest integer function's different from is recorded as floor and ceiling functions[8].
  • nearest integer function's image of function is recorded as set of integers[9].
  • nearest integer function's defining formula is recorded as x \mapsto \begin{cases} \lfloor x\rfloor & (x-\lfloor x\rfloor < 1/2) \ \lfloor x \rfloor +1 & (x-\lfloor x\rfloor > 1/2) \ \lfloor x\rfloor & (x-\lfloor x\rfloor = 1/2,\;\lfloor x\rfloor \equiv 0 \pmod 2) \\lfloor x\rfloor + 1 & (x-\lfloor x\rfloor = 1/2,\;\lfloor x\rfloor \equiv 1 \pmod 2) \end{cases}<sup id="cite-C8" class="cite-ref" title="nearest integer function — defining formula (P2534): x \mapsto \begin{cases} \lfloor x\rfloor & (x-\lfloor x\rfloor < 1/2) \ \lfloor x \rfloor +1 & (x-\lfloor x\rfloor > 1/2) \ \lfloor x\rfloor & (x">[10].
  • nearest integer function's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/124xvxhnc[11].
  • nearest integer function's MathWorld ID is recorded as NearestIntegerFunction[12].
  • nearest integer function's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].

Why It Matters

nearest integer function draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (idempotent_function category, ranking #4 of 3).[2]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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