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:: A set over real domain is uncountable, so you definitely can't test insideness of individual numbers and sum the count. I specifically mentioned convex sets (simple ranges) because that's the most likely building block of more complex sets, and if you go that route, total length of a set is just the sum of all its contained non-overlapping range lengths. |
:: A set over real domain is uncountable, so you definitely can't test insideness of individual numbers and sum the count. I specifically mentioned convex sets (simple ranges) because that's the most likely building block of more complex sets, and if you go that route, total length of a set is just the sum of all its contained non-overlapping range lengths. |
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:: @Dkf: I'll reword the datatype thing. --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 11:16, 30 September 2011 (UTC) |
:: @Dkf: I'll reword the datatype thing. --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 11:16, 30 September 2011 (UTC) |
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:This depends on an implementation for "real numbers" and it's not clear whether floating point is considered adequate in this role. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 17:57, 30 September 2011 (UTC) |
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