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I was trained as a mathematician and I can confirm that min and max (for minimal and maximal, or minimum and maximum) are mathematically accurate terms. See htt
by oefrha 7y ago
I was trained as a mathematician and I can confirm that min and max (for minimal and maximal, or minimum and maximum) are mathematically accurate terms. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal_and_minimal_elements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal_and_minimal_elements
- enriquto 7y ago> I can confirm that min and max (for minimal and maximal, or minimum and maximum) are mathematically accurate terms. This is true, but they do not have exactly the same meaning. On a poset you do not speak of "the min", but of "a min". You still have "the least", which is a different notion.
- oefrha 7y agoWhich is why I said "min makes sense for any set with a total order. Sometimes partial order too." There's no ambiguity for total order whatsoever.