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complex intervals



       Hi,

[sorry if this has already been discussed, I do not have the time to
completely read all the messages and documents on this list]

does P1788 plan to say something about "intervals" of complex values, or only
address real intervals?

At least two possible representations exist to enclose complex sets: either a 
rectangle represented by a pair of complex floating-points for the bottom-left
and upper-right corners, or a "mid-rad" representation with a complex center
and a real radius.

In dimension n the "inf-sup" representation needs 2n f-p values
whereas the "mid-rad" representation needs only n+1 values (where the "+1" can
have lower precision for tiny intervals).

Paul Zimmermann