10/03/2014, 11:29 PM
(10/02/2014, 10:58 PM)tommy1729 Wrote: It feels a bit strange ...
A so called new concept " zeration " being almost equivalent to max[a,b].
Max[a,b] does not seem so intresting as a function.
Max[12,100] = Max[13,100] = Max[91,100]
Nothing special.
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Also there is not much algebra or geometry about Max.
Max+ algebra being a big exception.
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Or ...
Finding addional must-have properties.
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Im sure there are many nice algorithms that use max.
( even without max+ algebra )
Maybe one of those could help us out.
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regards
tommy1729
Well, ... why not!
As a matter of fact 'Tropical Algebra' and 'Tropical Geometry' seem to use Max-Plus algebra, where the max operation such as:
c = a[max]b
is one of the basic operations. Together with:
d = a[+]b
they are used to build an 'Idempotent Semi-Ring'. Not a 'Field', because with [max] we cannot create a 'group' (-oo is the unity element, but there is no 'inverse element'), but a 'monoid'.
Nevertheless, the result of this formalism is extremely important, because a lot of successful applications from this new discipline are expected in fields such as the Petri-nets, machine scheduling, discrete event processes (DEP), industrial manufacturing systems, telecommunication networks, parallel processing, coding/decoding systems, traffic control and, last but not least, cellular automata (NKS). Amazing. We need to think about that.
Best regards.