# math:min()

`math:min()` returns the minimum value of a node-set.

To compute the minimum value of the node-set, the node set is sorted into ascending order as it would be using `xsl:sort()` with a data type of `number`. The minimum value is then the first node in the sorted list, converted into a number.

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## Syntax

```math:min(nodeSet)
```

### Parameters

`nodeSet`
The node-set whose lowest value is to be returned.

### Returns

A result tree fragment representing the lowest valued node's numeric value as a string.

EXSLT - MATH:MIN

## Browser Compatibility

Supported in Gecko 1.9 and later.
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