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Interval[{min,max}]
represents the range of values between min and max.
Interval[{min1,max1},{min2,max2},…]
represents the union of the ranges min1 to max1, min2 to max2, ….
DetailsAdd intervals, getting an interval representing the result:
Indeterminate limits can give intervals:
Scope (8)Squaring gives a non-negative interval:
Some functions can be applied to an interval:
Exact inputs yield exact interval results:
Disjoint intervals can be generated:
Exact comparisons can be made with intervals:
Solve an equation involving an interval:
Approximate numbers automatically turn into intervals:
Machine numbers always correspond to a certain interval:
Interval can be used as a geometric region:
Generalizations & Extensions (1)Find the interval that the Wolfram Language considers consistent with machine number 0.:
Specifying a different precision gives a different interval:
Applications (5)Watch the widening of intervals in a system with sensitive dependence on initial conditions:
With machine-precision evaluation, this gives a definite but incorrect value:
With Interval, the result spans the correct value:
Show how the bounds of an interval vary with a parameter:
Test for points within an Interval:
Apply it to a list of points to test membership:
Construct the Cantor set by starting with a {0,1} interval and remove the middle third of each interval in each step:
Find the length of the region:
Find a formula for the sequence of lengths using FindSequenceFunction:
Properties & Relations (2)Use Max and Min to find end points of intervals:
CenteredInterval represents real intervals or complex rectangles:
Convert a bounded Interval to CenteredInterval representation:
When interval endpoints are not binary rationals, conversion makes the interval larger:
Possible Issues (1)Intervals are always assumed independent:
A single real variable over the same range yields an interval with a different lower limit:
Wolfram Research (1996), Interval, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Interval.html (updated 2014). TextWolfram Research (1996), Interval, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Interval.html (updated 2014).
CMSWolfram Language. 1996. "Interval." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2014. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Interval.html.
APAWolfram Language. (1996). Interval. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Interval.html
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