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by Attrecomet 1016 days ago
The correct function to minimize would be θ(-f(x))*(-f(x)), using the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaviside_step_function
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ajuc 1016 days ago
Offtopic but I could never understand why math people prefer θ to pointwise conditionals or min/max.

θ(-f(x))*(-f(x)) vs max(0, -f(x))

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Attrecomet 1014 days ago
The heavyside-function is integrable and differentiable?
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