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Oct 1, 2015 · Minimal is an adjective and Minimum is a noun. They have different meanings and purposes. Minimal [min-uh-muh l] adjective. 1. constituting a minimum: a minimal mode of transportation. 2. barely adequate or the least possible: minimal care. Minimum [min-uh-muh m] noun, plural minimums, minima [min-uh-muh] (Show IPA)
Jan 2, 2016 · 1. This is a common confusion. Minimum refers to "the least amount" whereas minimal means "a very little/small amount, often negligible." Look at this difference: The minimum contribution for this fund-raising is USD 10. Jack contributed minimal amount. I certainly expected more as he's a businessperson.
Mar 27, 2013 · The infimum is also sometimes called the greatest lower bound. It is a fact that every non empty set (bounded below) of real numbers has an infimum. But, as we saw, not every real set has a minimum. So in the example. inf{f(x) ∣ x ∈ (0, ∞)} = 0. inf {f (x) ∣ x ∈ (0, ∞)} = 0. Note that the infimum and the minimum can be the same.
A minimum edge cut is always minimal, but a minimal edge cut is not always minimum [bold face mine]. A minimal (and therefore minimum) edge cut will always yield two connected components. $\qquad\qquad$ $\qquad\qquad$ Figure $1$ shows the original graph. Figure $2$ shows the maximum edge cut – just remove all edges. Figure $3$ shows a minimum ...
When talking about the output of the function, there is a unique smallest output, and so it's the minimum. When talking about the input there are multiple points that give rise to the smallest output, so those are minimal points. A minimum point is always minimal, but the converse statement is not true in general. However, it is true for total ...
From a semantic point of view, though, minimal changes is far more common. COCA shows just two results for minimum changes vs. at least 23 for minimal changes: Consent will decrease and the bargain become unstable when the definition of the minimum changes or when the capacity exists to achieve better terms. Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 3, 2016 · 1. I have been reading some papers on air transport management and I have found the word minimum is pluralized as minima. E.g.: landing minima. I always thought the plural of minimum is minimums. I have looked it up on Google and I have found that both are accepted.
16. A minimal element (any number thereof) of a partially ordered set S is an element that is not greater than any other element in S. The minimum (at most one) of a partially ordered set S is an element that is less than or equal to any other element of S. Let's consider the power set P({x, y, z}) together with the binary relation ⊆.
Aug 6, 2015 · Well, synonyms are seldom exact, but yes, in some contexts "nominal" is used to mean "minimal". As you say, "nominal" means "in name only", while "minimal" means "the least possible". So, if you start with the minimum amount of something required to call it by a certain name, and then you take away a little more, you can't call it by that name ...
27. The minimal polynomial m(t) m (t) is the smallest factor of the characteristic polynomial f(t) f (t) such that if A A is the matrix, then we still have m(A) = 0 m (A) = 0. The only thing the characteristic polynomial measures is the algebraic multiplicity of an eigenvalue, whereas the minimal polynomial measures the size of the A A -cycles ...
