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The floor function $\lfloor \cdot \rfloor \colon \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ is defined by
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The floor function $\mathrm{floor} \colon \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ is defined by
 
$$\lfloor x \rfloor = \max \left\{y \in \mathbb{Z} \colon y \leq x \right\},$$
 
$$\lfloor x \rfloor = \max \left\{y \in \mathbb{Z} \colon y \leq x \right\},$$
i.e., it is the largest [[integer]] less than or equal to $x$.
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i.e., it is the largest [[integer]] less than or equal to $x$. It is also sometimes denoted by $\lfloor x \rfloor$.
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<div align="center">
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<gallery>
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File:Floorplot.png|Graph of $\mathrm{floor}$.
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=See Also=
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[[Ceiling]]<br />
  
 
[[Category:SpecialFunction]]
 
[[Category:SpecialFunction]]

Revision as of 19:45, 3 June 2016

The floor function $\mathrm{floor} \colon \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ is defined by $$\lfloor x \rfloor = \max \left\{y \in \mathbb{Z} \colon y \leq x \right\},$$ i.e., it is the largest integer less than or equal to $x$. It is also sometimes denoted by $\lfloor x \rfloor$.

See Also

Ceiling