What is the difference between minimum and infimum?
What is the difference between minimum and infimum? I have a great confusion about this.
probability
Expected value of maximum and minimum of $n$ normal random variables Ask Question Asked 12 years, 6 months ago Modified 4 years, 5 months ago
notation
Min means Minimum. So yes, it''s a function that, taken two elements, gives you the minimum of those.
Minimum of two exponentially distributed random variables
Minimum of two exponentially distributed random variables Ask Question Asked 14 years, 9 months ago Modified 6 years, 2 months ago
Continuous function on compact set attains its maximum and minimum.
Continuous function on compact set attains its maximum and minimum. Ask Question Asked 4 years, 5 months ago Modified 4 years, 5 months ago
Is there a smooth function approximating the minimum of a constant
Is there a smooth function approximating the minimum of a constant and a variable? Ask Question Asked 7 months ago Modified 7 months ago
optimization
If you have a hollow triangular mesh and you put a marble inside of it, will not the marble go to any of the vertices? Yes it will. Why? Because the altitude is the lowest there of all points inside of the mesh.
calculus
What is the difference between the minimum value and the lower bound of a function? To me, it seems that they are the same.
What are the common abbreviation for minimum in equations?
I''m searching for some symbol representing minimum that is commonly used in math equations.
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