#6949: add symbolic max and min functions
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Reporter: burcin | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.1.2
Component: symbolics | Keywords:
Reviewer: | Author:
Merged: |
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Matt Riesler wrote on sage-support:
{{{
Is it possible to have max behave as you would expect with a symbolic
expression, i.e. wait until you evaluate it or restrict the domain to
check what is the maximum of the two or more values.
}}}
Then kcrisman:
{{{
Might there be a way to do something that doesn't conflict with the
builtin max function in the same way as the (nearly reviewed) #3587
seems to avoid conflict with the builtin sum function? This would be
pretty useful, as currently:
sage: var('x,y')
(x, y)
sage: max(x,y)
x
sage: f(x)=1+x;g(x)=2-x
sage: max(f,g)
x |--> x + 1
which last result is... debatable.
}}}
Here is a the thread, which has a simple minded implementation for
symbolic max:
http://groups.google.com/group/sage-
support/browse_thread/thread/aead15de586984d8
We should make sure the symbolic implementations don't slow down the
current builtin python `max()` and `min()` too much. If they do, these
functions should still be available under a different name.
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