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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Does anyone Understand the Greatest Integer Function/The Floor Function??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@satellite73 Do you understand this?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i know what it is yes greatest integer of \(x\) is, well, the greatest integer less than or equal to \(x\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so for example \([2.1]=2,[\pi]=3,[-\pi]=-4\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

floor function is often also called the greatest integer function.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it is the archetypical step function here is a nice graph http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=floor%28x%29

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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