Saturday, 27 February 2016

algebra precalculus - Representing rounding algebraically





Is there a standard way to deal with rounding in algebra? For example:



y = x + round(x/2)


Would give 2 when x = [1, 3), 3 when x = [3, 5), etc. This of course ends up creating a step function. EDIT: the function is injective, see the comments.



Is there a standard math-y way to represent the above equation, and is it possible to solve for x in terms of y?



For context, I need to know the value of y above, as well as round(x/2), both as integers. I'm currently using algebra.js to simplify my expressions, so extra bonus points for showing me how I might implement rounding using that library.



Answer



Edit because the OP keeps changing the question.



The answer below applies to the function
y=1+round(x/2)
which the OP says in a comment is what he meant to ask.



The original question asked about

y=x+round(x/2)
which is indeed injective and can be inverted, as @EeveeTrainer has commented.





You can't solve for integer x in terms of integer y since two values of x give the same value of y.

If x must be an integer then in a computer program you can write the function that computes y from x by looking at whether x is even or odd and acting accordingly. You don't need rounding. For arbitrary x you do need the round function.


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