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If $x,y\in\mathbb R$, I have problems to show that

$$\lfloor x\rfloor+\lfloor y\rfloor\le \lfloor x+y\rfloor\le \lfloor x\rfloor+\lfloor y\rfloor + 1 $$

Can someone help me?

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HINT: Let $m=\lfloor x\rfloor$ and $n=\lfloor y\rfloor$, so that $m\le x and $n\le y. Then $$m+n\le x+y< m+n+2\;;$$ can you finish it from there?

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    @cth: There’s almost nothing left. Those inequalities leave only two possibilities for $\lfloor x+y\rfloor$.2015-03-13