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Simplification of Min and Max expressions?

• To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
• Subject: [mg1809] Simplification of Min and Max expressions?
• From: ernesto at crhc.uiuc.edu (Ernesto Su)
• Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 23:08:57 -0400
• Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Is there a Mathematica package that includes functions
that simplify Min and Max expressions?

For example,

	Min[ Max[a,2b], Max[a,2b+1] ] = Max[a,2b]

I can limit the arguments to straight lines 
(eg, linear expressions like "5" or "a" or "2b+1") or
Min/Max of them (eg, Max[a,2b+1]).

I was about to write one but thought I should ask first.
Please email.  Thank you!

-Ernesto
 ernesto at crhc.uiuc.edu