MIN Smallest component. For vectors, MIN(X) is the smallest element in X. For matrices, MIN(X) is a vector containing the minimum element from each column. [Y,I] = MIN(X) stores the indices of the minimum values in vector I. MIN(X,Y) returns a matrix the same size as X and Y with the smallest elements taken from X or Y. When complex, the magnitude MIN(ABS(X)) is used. See also MAX, MEDIAN, MEAN, SORT.