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Re: Motion 52: final "Expressions" text for vote



How can a standard for computing with intervals be constructed if the result of evaluating any given numerical expression that contains intervals is ambiguous? I do not believe it can, and therefore, I believe such a construction is premature. As evidence of this fact, I the recent discussion concerning the content of Motion 52 is more than sufficient proof.

Therefore, I move that all work on a standard for computing with intervals be suspended until such an unambiguous interval mathematical foundation is developed and published in "The Mathematics of Computation."