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Re: How to find the Max of a Piecewise function

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• Subject: [mg90447] Re: How to find the Max of a Piecewise function
• From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:56:58 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
• References: <g4vk81$9pv$1@smc.vnet.net>

Aaron Fude wrote:

> If f is deined according to
> 
> f[x_] := Piecewise[{{1, x < 1}, {2, x > 1}}]
> 
> then
> 
> Max[f[Range[0, 1, .001]]]
> 
> does not yield the desired result. What's the proper way to approach
> this?

     f[x_] := Piecewise[{{1, x < 1}, {2, x > 1}}]

     SetAttributes[f, Listable]

     Max[f[Range[0, 1, .001]]]

     1

Regards,
-- Jean-Marc

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