Re: Min[], Max[]
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- Subject: [mg48361] Re: [mg48320] Min[], Max[]
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 07:17:48 -0400 (EDT)
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It's a common enough convention; it makes true the usual theorem that A contained in B implies Min[A] >= Min[B] and Max[A]<=Max[B]. No other definitions for Min[{}] and Max[{}] would do that.
Bobby
On Mon, 24 May 2004 00:45:14 -0400 (EDT), Frank Brand <fank.brand at t-online.de> wrote:
> Dear newsgroup members,
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> can anyone explain me what´s the sense in the definition of
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> Min[{}]= Infinity and Max[{}]= -Infinity
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> Thanks in advance
> Frank
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- From: Frank Brand <fank.brand@t-online.de>
- Min[], Max[]