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Re: Proposal for 'math.e' (2007-08-23)

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at b?gpond?com> Aug 24, 2007
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CChris wrote:
> I have a data series which decreases, then increases, then decreases even
> more,
> then increases less than before and so on. Think of global winter and summer
> rainfall over the long run, for instance.
> Then I'm interested not only in the absolute maximum (which start=1 will
> return),
> but also the local maxima further down the road, for which I must filter the
> first points in the series.

Got it. You have a set of data which contains various intersecting and
non-intersecting subsets. Such as annual rainfall which has various subsets for
months, seasons, and ad hoc so one can ask questions such as ...

highest rainfall for the year, for March, for Summer, since "that dust storm
   back on July 17th", etc ...

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
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