"Terrence Brannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Re:
>   http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dico.htm
>   http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/didot.htm
>
> 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.

Not true in general:
   i: 1j4
_1 _0.5 0 0.5 1

i. always returns integers.
i: returns a linear squence of fractions of integers
(with true integers as a special case if the imaginary part is zero).

Perhaps calling i: 'fractions' (to contrast with i. 'integers')
would be a more representative nomenclature?

-- Mark D. Niemiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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