Mar 27, 2013 · What is the difference between minimum and infimum? I have a great confusion about this.

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

What is the difference between the minimum value and the lower bound of a function? To me, it seems that they are the same.

Apr 26, 2017 · For (2), one of such solutions is the "minimum norm" solution, but since it is exact, all residuals are $0$ and hence it is also a least (-est) squares solution too.

Jan 30, 2022 · Otherwise, continue as follows: The definition of 'distance' is the minimum distance between any two points A,B on the two lines. So assume points A,B are the ones who provide …

Nov 25, 2013 · How can I prove that the minimum of two exponential random variables is another exponential random variable, i.e. Z = min(X,Y)

Apr 21, 2025 · This is now the top result for the Google search 'maximize minimum of linear functions'. It's feels a bit condescending to read that one should search carefully before trying …

Dec 30, 2016 · 45 My book tells me that of the solutions to the Lagrange system, the smallest is the minimum of the function given the constraint and the largest is the maximum given that …

May 15, 2015 · Show that a rectangular prism (box) of given volume has minimum surface area if the box is a cube. Could you give me some hints what we are supposed to do?? $$$$ EDIT: …

Aug 12, 2018 · While this approach solves the problem, I'm looking for a way to decide whether some edge must appear in all minimum spanning trees without finding the minimum spanning …