May 9, 2017 · I'm searching for some symbol representing minimum that is commonly used in math equations.

Why does $\wedge$ denote a minimum and $\vee$ a maximum? Where did this notation come from? I keep getting them mixed up because to me, $\wedge$ should be a maximum: it's a hill, …

Note that a set being infinite certainly does not mean that $\min$ becomes invalid. Consider for example the natural numbers, which certainly have a least element. In the cases where $\min$ …

When real numbers are defined as lower cuts (downward closed subsets of $\mathbb Q$), their intersection corresponds to taking the minimum and union to the maximum.

3 I'm reading a paper and came across some notation for a minimum that I have not seen. Given $k \in \ { 1 .. n \}$ and a function that defines $j_k$ earlier in the text, I see this notation: $$ …

Jun 11, 2019 · so if the element having maximum absolute value in V is a negative value, the function should calculate minimum rather than maximum. is it correct in math notation?

Dec 13, 2016 · An unsophisticated question from a neophyte: Given the numbers: $1,2,3,4,5$ What is the symbol for the range of the numbers? i.e. the lowest-highest number in the set. …

Jun 14, 2017 · 1 Note that the minimum is not always well-defined. For example, given the interval $ (0,1)$, there is no smallest element in the interval, since we may find numbers in the interval …

Aug 7, 2013 · However, it might be less confusing to define $m (S,n)$ as "the $n$-th smallest element of $S$", since $\min\limits_n S$ is a standard notation for "minimum of $S$ over all …

@viyps: Fair question. AFAIK they're meant to be analogous with $\cup$ and $\cap$ for union and intersection, and likewise $\vee$ and $\wedge$ for logical OR and AND. Note, for …