
Nellie M. answered 04/19/22
UC Berkeley Math & CS Grad | Tutor for All Levels
answer: It is a ceiling function and Any decimal or fraction round to the least integer that is greater than x.
Explanation: The ceiling function (also known as the least integer function) of a real number
x, denoted ⌈x⌉, is defined as the smallest integer that is not smaller than x. in other words, a ceiling function is one which takes a decimal or fraction to the next integer. This is sort of like rounding up. You can tell this function is a ceiling function because the left side of each integer is not filled in.
For example, in this graph, when x=9, ⌈9⌉=9, and when x= 1.3, ⌈1.3⌉=2,