min/max

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TODO: Flesh out this page - I created it only to document the [ilmath]a\vee b:=\max(a,b)[/ilmath] seen in Probability and Stochastics


Definition

Traditionally:

  • [math]\max(x,y):=\left\{\begin{array}{lr}x & \text{if }x\ge y\\ y & \text{otherwise}\end{array}\right.[/math]
  • [math]\min(x,y):=\left\{\begin{array}{lr}x & \text{if }x\le y\\ y & \text{otherwise}\end{array}\right.[/math]

Notations

[ilmath]\min[/ilmath] Definition [ilmath]\max[/ilmath] Definition Comment
[ilmath]a\wedge b[/ilmath] [ilmath]a\wedge b:=\min(a,b)[/ilmath][1] [ilmath]a\vee b[/ilmath] [ilmath]a\vee b:=\max(a,b)[/ilmath][1] I've not seen this notation used ANYWHERE else

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Probability and Stochastics - Erhan Cinlar