RE: Min[], Max[]
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- Subject: [mg48329] RE: [mg48320] Min[], Max[]
- From: "Ingolf Dahl" <ingolf.dahl at telia.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 07:16:44 -0400 (EDT)
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Frank,
Say that we have two sets A and B.
Then we should have
Max[Union[A,B]]==Max[Max[A],Max[B]]
If B is an empty set, Mathematica could represent Max[B] as Max[] or
Max[{}].
If Max[]=-Infinity, the above relation for Max[Union[A,B]] is valid for an
empty set B combined with any set A. For any other value x of of Max[], the
set A = {x-1} combined with the empty set B will make the relation
unsatisfied.
Ingolf Dahl
Sweden
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frank Brand [mailto:fank.brand at t-online.de]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 06:45
>To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>Subject: [mg48329] [mg48320] Min[], Max[]
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>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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