Timewise-min function

This article defines a scalar function on a manifold, viz a function from the manifold to real numbers. The scalar function may be intrinsic or defined in terms of some other structure/functions

Definition

Let $u:\mathbb {R} \times M\to \mathbb {R}$ be any continuous function. Then the timewise-min function of $u$ is a map $f:\mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R}$ defined by:

$f(t)=\inf _{x\in M}u(t,x)$

When $M$ is a compact manifold, we can replace $\inf$ by $\min$.

Related notions

• Timewise-max function
• Timewise-average function