Ceiling function: Representations through equivalent functions (formula 04.02.27.0007)

Ceiling

$Mathematica Notation$

Integer Functions

Ceiling[z]

Representations through equivalent functions

With related functions

With Quotient

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Input Form

Ceiling[z] == -Quotient[-z, 1]

Standard Form

Cell[BoxData[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["Ceiling", "[", "z", "]"]], "\[Equal]", RowBox[List["-", RowBox[List["Quotient", "[", RowBox[List[RowBox[List["-", "z"]], ",", "1"]], "]"]]]]]]]]

MathML Form

<math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML' mathematica:form='TraditionalForm' xmlns:mathematica='http://www.wolfram.com/XML/'> <semantics> <mrow> <mrow> <mo> ⌈ </mo> <mi> z </mi> <mo> ⌉ </mo> </mrow> <mo> ⩵ </mo> <mrow> <mo> - </mo> <mrow> <mi> quotient </mi> <mo> ⁡ </mo> <mo> ( </mo> <mrow> <mrow> <mo> - </mo> <mi> z </mi> </mrow> <mo> , </mo> <mn> 1 </mn> </mrow> <mo> ) </mo> </mrow> </mrow> </mrow> <annotation-xml encoding='MathML-Content'> <apply> <eq /> <apply> <ceiling /> <ci> z </ci> </apply> <apply> <times /> <cn type='integer'> -1 </cn> <apply> <ci> quotient </ci> <apply> <times /> <cn type='integer'> -1 </cn> <ci> z </ci> </apply> <cn type='integer'> 1 </cn> </apply> </apply> </apply> </annotation-xml> </semantics> </math>

Rule Form

Cell[BoxData[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["HoldPattern", "[", RowBox[List["Ceiling", "[", "z_", "]"]], "]"]], "\[RuleDelayed]", RowBox[List["-", RowBox[List["Quotient", "[", RowBox[List[RowBox[List["-", "z"]], ",", "1"]], "]"]]]]]]]]

Date Added to functions.wolfram.com (modification date)

2001-10-29