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单词 Interval
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interval


Loosely speaking, an interval is a part of the real numbersthat start at one number and stops at another number. For instance,all numbers greater that 1 and smaller than 2 form in interval.Another interval is formed by numbers greater or equal to 1 andsmaller than 2. Thus, when talking about intervals, it is necessaryto specify whether the endpoints are part of the interval or not.There are then four types of intervals with three different names:open, closed and half-open.Let us next define these precisely.

  1. 1.

    The open interval contains neither of the endpoints.If a and b are real numbers, then the open interval ofnumbers between a and b is written as (a,b) and

    (a,b)={xa<x<b}.
  2. 2.

    The closed interval contains both endpoints.If a and b are real numbers, then the closed intervalis written as [a,b] and

    [a,b]={xaxb}.
  3. 3.

    A half-open interval contains only one ofthe endpoints.If a and b are real numbers, the half-open intervals(a,b] and [a,b) are defined as

    (a,b]={xa<xb},
    [a,b)={xax<b}.

Note that this definition includes the empty set as an interval by, for example, taking the interval (a,a) for any a.

An interval is a subset S of a totally ordered setMathworldPlanetmath T with the property that whenever x and y are in S and x<z<y then z is in S. Applied to the real numbers, this encompasses open, closed, half-open, half-infinite, infinite, empty, and one-point intervals. All the various different types of interval in have this in common. Intervals in are connected under the usual topology.

There is a standard way of graphically representing intervalson the real line using filled and empty circles. This is illustrated inthe below figures:

The logic is here that a empty circle represent a point not belongingto the interval, while a filled circle represents a point belongingto the interval. For example, the first interval is an open interval.

Infinite intervals

If we allow either (or both) of a and b to be infinite, then wedefine

(a,)={xx>a},
[a,)={xxa},
(-,a)={xx<a},
(-,a]={xxa},
(-,)=.

The graphical representation of infinite intervals is as follows:

Note on naming and notation

In [1, 2], an open interval is always calleda segment, and a closed interval is called simply an interval.However, the above naming with open, closed, and half-open interval seemsto be more widely adopted.See e.g. [3, 4, 5]. To distinguish between [a,b) and(a,b], the former is sometimes called a right half-open interval andthe latter a left half-open interval [6].The notation (a,b), [a,b), (a,b], [a,b] seems to be standard. However,some authors (especially from the French school) use notation]a,b[, [a,b[, ]a,b], [a,b] instead of the above (in the same ). Bourbaki, for example, uses this notation.

This entry contains content adapted from the Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(mathematics)Interval (mathematics) as of November 10, 2006.

References

  • 1 W. Rudin, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, McGraw-Hill Inc., 1976.
  • 2 W. Rudin, Real and complex analysis, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill Inc., 1987.
  • 3 R. Adams, Calculus, a complete course,Addison-Wesley Publishers Ltd., 3rd ed., 1995.
  • 4 L. Råde, B. Westergren,Mathematics Handbook for Science and Engineering,Studentlitteratur, 1995.
  • 5 R.A. Silverman, Introductory Complex Analysis,Dover Publications, 1972.
  • 6 S. Igari, Real analysis - With an introduction to Wavelet Theory, American Mathematical Society, 1998.

The metapost code for the figures can be foundhttp://aux.planetmath.org/files/objects/4446/here.

Titleinterval
Canonical nameInterval
Date of creation2013-03-22 13:44:58
Last modified on2013-03-22 13:44:58
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Related topicOpenSetsInMathbbRnContainsAnOpenRectangle
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Definesopen interval
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