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Exact calculation of inverse functions
Author(s) -
Berger Josef
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
mathematical logic quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.473
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1521-3870
pISSN - 0942-5616
DOI - 10.1002/malq.200410020
Subject(s) - mathematics , representation (politics) , inverse , function (biology) , inverse function , rational function , discrete mathematics , pure mathematics , geometry , evolutionary biology , politics , political science , law , biology
We represent continuous functions on compact intervals by sequences of functions defined on finite sets of rational numbers. We call this an exact representation. This enables us to calculate the values of the function arbitrarily exactly, without roundoff errors. As an application we develop a procedure to transfer an exact representation of an increasing function into an exact representation of the corresponding inverse function. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)