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Sahithyan's S1
Sahithyan's S1 — Mathematics

Partition

Let II be a non-empty, compact interval (closed and bounded). A partition of II is a finite collection {I1,I2,,In}\set{I_1, I_2, \dots, I_n} of almost disjoint, non-empty, compact sub-intervals whose union is II.

A partition is determined by the endpoints of all sub-intervals: a=x0<x1<<xn=ba=x_0<x_1<\dots<x_n=b.

A partition can be denoted by:

  • its intervals - P={I1,I2,,In}P=\set{I_1, I_2, \dots, I_n}
  • the endpoints of its intervals - P={x0,x1,,xn}P=\set{x_0,x_1, \dots, x_n}