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Yes it’s standard for interval arithmetic. Have a look at the interval operations section: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_arithmetic


Yes, I see. There's a desire to map intervals pointwise through functions, but also a desire to produce intervals by all-pairs calculations, and the impossibility of representing both interpretations in one notation leads to some inconsistencies.




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