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Nearest Integer Function

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{CeilingFloorNint.epsf}\end{center}\end{figure}

The nearest integer function nint(x) of $x$, also called Nint or the Round function, is defined such that $[x]$ is the Integer closest to $x$. It is shown as the thin solid curve in the above plot. Note that while $[x]$ is used to denote the nearest integer function in this work, $[x]$ is more commonly used to denote the Floor Function $\left\lfloor{x}\right\rfloor $.

See also Ceiling Function, Floor Function




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25