One is the floor function and the other is the ceiling function for example the floor and ceiling of a decimal 3 31 are 3 and 4 respectively.
Floor and ceiling function notation.
And this is the ceiling function.
Some say int 3 65 4 the same as the floor function.
The aftereffect of nested attic or beam functions is the centermost function.
The floor ceiling and apportioned allotment functions are idempotent.
In mathematics and computer programming two important functions are used quite often.
The int function short for integer is like the floor function but some calculators and computer programs show different results when given negative numbers.
In fact this notation harks back to gauss in his third proof of quadratic reciprocity in 1808.
I also can t convert decimal numbers to integers within the string.
For anchored y x mod y is idempotent.
The j programming language a follow on to apl that is designed to use standard keyboard symbols uses.
For ceiling and.
The ceiling function is usually denoted by ceil x or less commonly ceiling x in non apl computer languages that have a notation for this function.
Also from the definitions editquotients if m and n are integers and n 0 if n is positive13 if m is positive14 for m 2 these imply.