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.

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 …

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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 …

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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 …