Range

Range	intervals	interval sets	interval maps	condition
`interval_type hull(const T&)`		O(1)	O(1)
`T hull(const T&, const T&)`	O(1)
`domain_type lower(const T&)`	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)
`domain_type upper(const T&)`	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)
`domain_type first(const T&)`	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	`is_discrete<domain_type>::value`
`domain_type last(const T&)`	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	`is_discrete<domain_type>::value`

The table above shows the availability of functions hull, lower, upper, first and last on intervals and interval containers that are all of constant time complexity. Find the functions description and some simple properties below.

Range	Types	Description
`interval_type hull(const T&)`	S M	`hull(x)` returns the smallest interval that contains all intervals of an interval container `x`.
`T hull(const T&, const T&)`	S M	`hull(i,j)` returns the smallest interval that contains intervals `i` abd 'j'.
`domain_type lower(const T&)`	i S M	`lower(x)` returns the lower bound of an interval or interval container `x`.
`domain_type upper(const T&)`	i S M	`upper(x)` returns the upper bound of an interval or interval container `x`.
`domain_type first(const T&)`	i S M	`first(x)` returns the first element of an interval or interval container `x`. `first(const T&)` is defined for a discrete `domain_type` only.
`domain_type last(const T&)`	i S M	`last(x)` returns the last element of an interval or interval container `x`. `last(const T&)` is defined for a discrete `domain_type` only.

// for interval_containers x:
lower(hull(x)) == lower(x)
upper(hull(x)) == upper(x)
first(hull(x)) == first(x)
last(hull(x))  == last(x)

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