ceiling

ceiling(a: number) 🡒 number, const autodiff pure function

Returns the number rounded up to the nearest integer.

x = 4.2
y = ceiling(x)
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The gradient associated to ceiling() is 1, instead of 0, as the mathematical definition would suggest. The purpose of this irregular behavior is to facilate the design of discrete policies.

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