checkNotNull(domain);
    if (isEmpty()) {
      return ImmutableSortedSet.of();
    }
    Range<C> span = span().canonical(domain);
    if (!span.hasLowerBound()) {
      // according to the spec of canonical, neither this ImmutableRangeSet nor
      // the range have a lower bound
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
          "Neither the DiscreteDomain nor this range set are bounded below");