Ordered-field interval corner bounds #
Multiplication and division away from zero are enclosed by their four endpoint calculations. The proofs apply to any ordered field, independently of endpoint representation or rounding.
The corner rule is equation (5.4) in S. M. Rump, Verification methods: Rigorous results using floating-point arithmetic, Acta Numerica 19 (2010), §5.1.
Minimum of four ordered values, grouped as min (min a b) (min c d).
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Maximum of four ordered values, grouped as max (max a b) (max c d).
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Corner enclosure for multiplication on intervals.
If $x\in[a,b]$ and $y\in[c,d]$, then $$ \min(ac,ad,bc,bd)\le xy\le\max(ac,ad,bc,bd), $$
where the min/max are represented by minOfFour/maxOfFour with the same grouping used by
the executable interval four-corner rule.
Corner enclosure for division when the denominator interval lies strictly on one side of zero.