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Which branch of mathematics does arg max come from? The set theory?
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Which branch of mathematics does arg max come from?
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Which branch of mathematics does arg max come from? The set theory?
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Cinitiator said:Homework Statement
Which branch of mathematics does arg max come from? The set theory?
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It does not "come from" any particular branch, but is very commonly used in Optimization theory and practice---as does the corresponding term "argmin". It is a lot easier to say [itex]x_0 = \text{argmax} f(x)[/itex] than to say " [itex]x_0[/itex] is the x that maximizes f(x)".
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