Exercise 2.9. The width of an interval is half of the difference between its upper and lower bounds. The width is a measure of the uncertainty of the number specified by the interval. For some arithmetic operations the width of the result of combining two intervals is a function only of the widths of the argument intervals, whereas for others the width of the combination is not a function of the widths of the argument intervals. Show that the width of the sum (or difference) of two intervals is a function only of the widths of the intervals being added (or subtracted). Give examples to show that this is not true for multiplication or division.
练习 2.9
假设
- interval1 是 [l1, u1],宽度为
加法
对于 + 而言,求和的结果为 [l1 + l2, u1 + u2],宽度为
减法
求差的结果为 [l1 - u2, u1 - l2],宽度为
乘法和除法
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