greatest integer function[exhaustive collection]-plz contribute

every now n then in calculus we encounter this function........moreover surprisingly while solving problems we come across a few properties which r usually not given under standard list given in books.........so i request all to send all the propeties they know of GIF in this thread so that we get all of them at a place in an exhaustive form

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RAY ·

hey for greatest integer there is a page in ML khanna which lists some very useful formula for greatest integer :)

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

plz send it here......i don't have ML khanna!

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Kalyan IIT-K Beware I'm coming ·

gif is floor function..means u pull down the sumthng.:D i mean dat 6.76 becomes 6.u pull it back.here is a graph check dis one.
now take a value 1.76.since its hanging in air therefore it falls down on the floor i.e. 1.same case wid 1.99 or 1.23.but whn it cums to 2.0 its hanging by holdin 2 i.e. the roof .so it will not fall down.thus the gif of 2.0 is 2.

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Kalyan IIT-K Beware I'm coming ·

i kno dis falling falling part is sumwat pagal pagal type but dis is a gud way of understanding.n sorry for d bad handwriting :P

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qwerty ·

[x]+[-x]= -1 if x aint an integer

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Kalyan IIT-K Beware I'm coming ·

qwerty did u giv a theorem???

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Kalyan IIT-K Beware I'm coming ·

always remember that in GIF gravity acts downward n in least integer it acts upward.....nishant bhaiya's quote...:P:D

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qwerty ·

theorem???donno [3]

[-x] = -[x] - 1 , for x = noninteger

seee take an example like - 2.3 ,

and u will knowingly/unknowingly calculate wid d same eqn as above given

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Kalyan IIT-K Beware I'm coming ·

-2.3 becomes 3 right????? 2.3 becomes 2 if we take x= 2.3 nwe get -1 yeah ur right......

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Arka Halder ·

kalyan,[-2.3] becomes = -3.
[x]=greatest integer not greater than x(maybe equal to x).
obviously -3 is the greatest integer not greater than -2.3.

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Kalyan IIT-K Beware I'm coming ·

ooppppsss my misstake.imissd out the minus........:P

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

A bunch of properties for y = [x] which I learnt in FIITJEE -:

P1 > [f(x)] = I (integer) where I <= f(x) < I+1

P2 > [[x]] = [x]

P3 > [x + I] = [x] + I where I is integer.

P4 > [a + [b + [c + [d]]]] = [a] + [ b ] + [c] + [d] for four reals a b c d.

P5 > [x] + [-x] = -1 if x is not integer, 0 if x is integer
Reasoning for P5 :
Let x = I + f where f is fraction and I is integer.
[x] + [-x] = [I + f] + [-(I + f)]
= [f] + [-f] which is always -1, if f is not 0. (try it and see)

P6 > [x + y] = [x] + [y], if 0<={x} + {y}<1
and [x + y] = [x] + [y] +1, if 1 <= {x} + {y} < 2

P7 > [x] > I implies x>= I+1

P8> [x] < I implies x < I

P9 > [x] <= I implies x < I+1

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Khyati ·

Thanks Pritish [1]

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rahul ·

wonderful points.....
thread is old but gold :P

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