[R] Intervals in function cut

[JulioSergio]

When I was studying the function cut I found this example:

> x <- rep(0:8, tx0)
> x
 [1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 
5 5 5 5 6
[39] 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8

> cut(x, b = 8)
 [1] (-0.008,0.994] (-0.008,0.994] (-0.008,0.994] (-0.008,0.994] 
(-0.008,0.994]
 [6] (-0.008,0.994] (-0.008,0.994] (-0.008,0.994] (-0.008,0.994] (0.994,2]     
[11] (0.994,2]      (0.994,2]      (0.994,2]      (2,3]          (2,3]         
[16] (2,3]          (2,3]          (2,3]          (2,3]          (3,4]         
[21] (3,4]          (3,4]          (3,4]          (3,4]          (4,5]         
[26] (4,5]          (4,5]          (4,5]          (4,5]          (4,5]         
[31] (4,5]          (4,5]          (4,5]          (4,5]          (4,5]         
[36] (4,5]          (4,5]          (5,6]          (5,6]          (5,6]         
[41] (5,6]          (5,6]          (6,7.01]       (6,7.01]       (6,7.01]      
[46] (7.01,8.01]    (7.01,8.01]    (7.01,8.01]    (7.01,8.01]    (7.01,8.01]   
8 Levels: (-0.008,0.994] (0.994,2] (2,3] (3,4] (4,5] (5,6] ... (7.01,8.01]

I undestand that the resulting factor yields as its first component the 
corresponding "intervals" that the original vector (x) elements belong to. 
So, clearly, the first element of x, 0, belongs to (-0.008,0.994] because 
-0.008 < 0 <= 0.994. However, when I come to the 14th element of x, 
that is, 2, I don't see that it belongs to (2,3], because 2 < 2 <= 3, 
is strictly false according to the standard inverval notation 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_notation). Maybe, there is something 
I have not understood of either the cut function or the interval notation. 
Do you have 
any comments?

Thanks,

Sergio.