RE: Min[], Max[]
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- Subject: [mg48336] RE: [mg48320] Min[], Max[]
- From: "Wolf, Hartmut" <Hartmut.Wolf at t-systems.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 07:16:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
We have
In[4]:= Attributes[Max]
Out[4]= {Flat, NumericFunction, OneIdentity, Orderless, Protected}
And by definition
Max[{a1, a2,...}, {b1, b2, ...}, ...] == Max[a1, a2, ..., b1, b2, ...]
Min[{a1, a2,...}, {b1, b2, ...}, ...] == Min[a1, a2, ..., b1, b2, ...]
Such we have
element == Max[element]
== Max[{element}]
== Max[{element},{}]
== Max[Max[{element}], Max[{}]]
== the greater of element and Max[{}]
for any real element this forces Max[{}] to be -Infinity.
Similar for Min[{}] == Infinity.
Of course then we have also
In[5]:= Max[]
Out[5]= -Infinity
In[6]:= Min[]
Out[6]= Infinity
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Hartmut Wolf
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>From: Frank Brand [mailto:fank.brand at t-online.de]
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>Subject: [mg48336] [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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