5 mins" would be appropriate unless you are expressing it as an adjective then use the singular form, as in a five minute break or the ten minute mark. However, in scientific writing, the abbreviation for the …

Dec 24, 2015 · No, $M:=\min\ {X,Y\}$ is a random variable itself that "records" the lowest value of $X,Y$. You do not compare the probabilities but the values of the random variables.

Jun 14, 2017 · Min means Minimum. So yes, it's a function that, taken two elements, gives you the minimum of those.

Oct 16, 2015 · The space between "arg" and "min" is confusing; it would better be written "argmin". What the operator argmin does, when applied to a function, is pick out the point in the function's domain at …

Mar 27, 2013 · 6 minimum is reached, infimum (may) not. That is, the numbers of the form $1/n$ have an inf (that is, 0), while the natural numbers have a min (that is, 1).

I understand the basics of continuity and algebra of continuity of limits. So I add the picture of the proof such that it is in the book of Real Analysis.I would really appreciate if someone could explain it to me …

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Nov 28, 2020 · For your case 3: $\min\ {a,b\} + \min\ {a,c\} = b+c$. Since $\min\ {a,b+c\}\leq b+c$ (min is always less than both numbers) you get the inequality.

Sep 11, 2020 · What if the places are swapped, or some other combination? $$\max_B \min_A$$ Finally, can the min-max prefix appear for any sort of optimization problem, i.e. quadratic …

Nov 24, 2025 · The standard linearization of min |x| uses auxiliary variable z with constraints z ≥ x and z ≥ -x, which makes z equal to |x| at optimality. But in my problem, there's an outer max layer. For max …