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> 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 exactl
by 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.