* James Propp <jpropp@cs.uml.edu> [Jul 24. 2009 12:55]:
[...] But the two I need names and symbols for are actually { min(x,y) if x neq y, x-1 if x = y } and { max(x,y) if x neq y, x+1 if x = y }. (In my writeup-in-progress I've been calling them "smin" and "smax", but I no longer recall why I chose "s"; for "special", maybe?)
minp (MIN or Previous) maxn (MAX or Next) Not so fun to say but sufficiently suggestive. Symmetry suggests to call them omin and omax (where the 'o' is for 'outer', the direction of 'outer' is fixed by min and max already). Hmm...., mino and maxo ? These would look nicer: max_{+} and min_{-} ... and allow for max_{-} and min_{+} if ever needed. Symbols \vee and \wedge with subscripts + and - as needed?
Jim Propp