Soundness of partial, representation-independent interval arithmetic #
Every theorem retains the successful-result hypothesis. Failed decoding, unavailable outward rounding, and zero-crossing division are not interpreted as valid finite enclosures.
After successful decoding, membership is the ordinary closed-interval predicate.
Outward rounding of the endpoint pair encloses every member of the exact interval.
Any sound exact unary endpoint enclosure lifts through partial outward rounding.
Any sound exact binary endpoint enclosure lifts through partial outward rounding.
Every successful negation encloses the exact negative value.
Every successful addition encloses the exact sum.
Every successful subtraction encloses the exact difference.
Every successful four-corner multiplication encloses the exact product.
Successful division certifies a nonzero denominator range and encloses the exact quotient.