minPosition -- position of the smallest element

Synopsis

• Usage:

  minPosition L

• Inputs:
  • L, a basic list
• Outputs:
  • i, an integer, the index of the smallest element in the list L

Description

i1 : minPosition {2, 1, 6, 4, 1}

o1 = 1

i2 : R1 = QQ[x, y, z, MonomialOrder => Lex];

i3 : minPosition {x*y^2, x*y^2 + z^2, y^4, y*z^5}

o3 = 3

i4 : R2 = QQ[x, y, z, MonomialOrder => GRevLex];

i5 : minPosition (x*y^2, x*y^2 + z^2, y^4, y*z^5)

o5 = 0

See also

• maxPosition -- position of the largest element
• max -- yields the maximum element in a list or sequence
• min -- yields the minimum element in a list or sequence
• sort -- sort a list or columns of a matrix
• position -- the first element of a list satisfying a condition
• positions -- which elements of a list satisfy a condition
• ? -- comparison operator