an operation on a totally ordered set that produces the smallest interval that is a superset.
For example, hull({[1,5], [7,10]}) == [1,10]
The unabridged specification part II available on Dr. Schadow's page http://aurora.regenstrief.org/v3dt/
gives nice examples.
On Sunday, August 17, 2003, at 05:13 PM, Paul A. Bristow wrote:
But as Michael Caine said "Not a lot of people know that" - so I trust you will
explain what it does too for the benefit of us mere non-mathematical mortals!
Paul
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| En réponse à Jeff Garland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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| I just wanted to mention that the interval library names this
| operation "hull".
| It is a mathematically defined term since the operation is indeed a
| convex hull.
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| Just my two eurocents,
|
| Guillaume
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