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5.1.88 min

Procedure from library standard.lib (see standard_lib).

Syntax:
max (i_1, ..., i_k)

Type:
same as type of i_1, ..., i_k resp.

Purpose:
returns the maximum for any arguments of a type
for which '>' is defined

Example:
 
  // biggest int
max(2,3);
==> 3
max(1,4,3);
==> 4
// lexicographically biggest intvec
max(intvec(1,2),intvec(0,1),intvec(1,1));
==> 1,2
// polynopmial with biggest leading monomial
ring r = 0,x,dp;
max(x+1,x2+x);
==> x2+x
See also: min.