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kolbe
on April 17, 2023
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I liked this simple calculus exercise
It's the floor operator. Also known as round down.
eesmith
on April 17, 2023
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And introduced by Iverson for APL in 1962:
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2021/04/15/floor-ceiling-brac...
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions
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hgsgm
on April 17, 2023
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APL, famous for baffling programmers with weird notation, also known for making one part of math more readable :-)
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