Re: Min[], Max[]
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- Subject: [mg48343] Re: [mg48320] Min[], Max[]
- From: Selwyn Hollis <sh2.7183 at misspelled.erthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 07:17:06 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
If Min[{}] were less than Infinity, then the inequality
Min[Union[A,B]] <= Min[A]
would fail in some cases. (Namely, when A={} and Min[B] > Min[{}] )
This is somewhat similar in spirit to Plus@@{} = 0 and Times@@{} = 1.
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Selwyn Hollis
http://www.math.armstrong.edu/faculty/hollis
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On May 24, 2004, at 12:45 AM, Frank Brand wrote:
> Dear newsgroup members,
>
> can anyone explain me what´s the sense in the definition of
>
> Min[{}]= Infinity and Max[{}]= -Infinity
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
>
>
> Prof. Dr. Frank Brand
> Budapester Str. 13
> 10787 Berlin
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> frank.brand at t-online.de
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>
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- From: Frank Brand <fank.brand@t-online.de>
- Min[], Max[]