Terrence Brannon wrote: > > We see that both i. and i: are given the informal name "Integers" > > IMHO, i. might be better termed Wholes because it provides n whole > numbers when called as i. n > > IMHO i: is best called Integers because that is what it provides.
Both i. and i: produce subsets of the integers. "Wholes" is not standard. If you wanted to rename them, i. gives (a subset of the) natural numbers. As far as I know, there is no standard terminology for the symmetric intervals that i: produces. Best wishes, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
