Intervals in pi
-space #
In this we prove various simple lemmas about intervals in Π i, α i
. Closed intervals (Ici x
,
Iic x
, Icc x y
) are equal to products of their projections to α i
, while (semi-)open intervals
usually include the corresponding products as proper subsets.
If x
, y
, x'
, and y'
are functions Π i : ι, α i
, then
the set difference between the box [x, y]
and the product of the open intervals (x' i, y' i)
is covered by the union of the following boxes: for each i : ι
, we take
[x, update y i (x' i)]
and [update x i (y' i), y]
.
E.g., if x' = x
and y' = y
, then this lemma states that the difference between a closed box
[x, y]
and the corresponding open box {z | ∀ i, x i < z i < y i}
is covered by the union
of the faces of [x, y]
.
If x
, y
, z
are functions Π i : ι, α i
, then
the set difference between the box [x, z]
and the product of the intervals (y i, z i]
is covered by the union of the boxes [x, update z i (y i)]
.
E.g., if x = y
, then this lemma states that the difference between a closed box
[x, y]
and the product of half-open intervals {z | ∀ i, x i < z i ≤ y i}
is covered by the union
of the faces of [x, y]
adjacent to x
.