Re: Re: Min function returns Min[2.05875,] instead of
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 - Subject: [mg100429] Re: [mg100384] Re: Min function returns Min[2.05875,] instead of
 - From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
 - Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 01:12:08 -0400 (EDT)
 - Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
 
Min[{{a, b, c}, {d, e, f}, {g, h, i}}]
min(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i)
Min[{{a, {b, j}, c}, {d, e, f}, {g, h, {i, k}}}]
min(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k)
Min will flatten its argument.
Attributes[Min]
{Flat,NumericFunction,OneIdentity,Orderless,Protected,ReadProtected}
Bob Hanlon
---- Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote: 
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Hi,
can you explain what the minimum of a set of
vectors with dimension 248 is ?
Or do you mean Min[Flatten[data]] ?
Regards
   Jens
dg wrote:
> I have an matrix "data" with 17x248 real numbers.
> 
> When I enter  Min[data], I get
> Min[2.05875, ] as a result, instead of just the number 2.05875.
> 
> This is Mathematica 7.0.1 on Mac OS X.
> 
> Why?
> 
> How can I get just the number from the result?
> 
> TIA
>