A function composed of a set of equally spaced jumps of equal length, such as the ceiling function , floor function , or nearest integer function .
Staircase Function
See also
Ceiling Function, Floor Function, Nearest Integer Function, Sawtooth WaveExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Spanier, J. and Oldham, K. B. An Atlas of Functions. Washington, DC: Hemisphere, p. 74, 1987.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Staircase FunctionCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Staircase Function." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/StaircaseFunction.html