Directed integer rounding of nonnegative rational quotients #
The quotient operations used by directed rational rounding satisfy format-independent order bounds. Floor rounding lies below the exact real quotient, ceiling rounding lies above it, and integer lower and upper thresholds are preserved in the expected directions.
Natural quotient bounds #
Exact real enclosure #
The executable natural ceiling is the exact integer ceiling of the represented real quotient.
Downward quotient rounding is a lower bound on the exact real quotient.
Upward quotient rounding is an upper bound on the exact real quotient.
Exact rational invariance #
Directed quotient rounding depends only on the represented nonnegative rational.
Successive exact binary scalings may be combined before directed quotient rounding.
Preservation of integer thresholds #
A real power-of-two lower bound survives either directed integer rounding.
A strict real power-of-two upper bound weakly bounds either directed integer rounding.