[P-1788] supporting paper for Motion 1 attached

[Ralph Baker Kearfott <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IEEE P1788 list members:

Someone has asked me to attach the paper associated with
Motion 1 (presently under discussion until January 21).
I have done so (in PDF).

I remind people that the motion reads as follows:
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Motion P1788/M0001.01_StandardizedNotation
Proposer: J D Pryce
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The P1788 standard will initially use the notation proposed in
the paper "Standardized notation in interval analysis" by R.B.
Kearfott, M.T. Nakao, A. Neumaier, S.M. Rump, S.P. Shary, and P.
van Hentenryck, available at
http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~neum/papers.html

This notation will be open to amendment after sufficient
experience of using it.

The standard will include a copy of the above paper (as possibly
amended) in an appendix.
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==Rationale==
As that paper itself says, interval notation is somewhat
fragmented at present. Here is the view of some experts who have
thought hard about this issue. We can do great service to
interval computation for many years ahead by helping to
disseminate their recommended practice, and following it
ourselves.

Rather than spend preliminary time debating whether we want to
amend the proposed standard notation, I think it is more
fruitful for us all to accept it as it is for now, and accept
the discipline of following its notation for future position
papers. In due course, either we are satisfied we can accept it
permanently, or some of us are so annoyed by its perceived
deficiencies that we have some constructive changes to make.

The motion does not say that all position papers SHALL use this
notation. I just strongly recommend this, so we get experience
of using it.
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I also remind people that Prof. Kulisch has posted a comment.
If others agree with Prof. Kulisch's comment, they are welcome
to say so.  We will process such amendments either by directly
including them  before the vote on the original motion
(if we judge them to be sufficiently minor or uncontroversial)
or by processing them as formal motions.

Best regards,

Baker

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