2.64 How to find maximum of each column of a matrix?

Given \[ \left ( {\begin {array} {cc} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4 \end {array}} \right ) \] Find the maximum of each column. The result should be \((3,4)\). (to find the min, just change Max with Min below.

Mathematica

mat = {{1, 2}, {3, 4}} 
Map[Max , Transpose[mat]] 
 
(* or Max /@ Transpose@mat *)
 

    {3, 4}
 

 

Matlab

A=[1 2;3 4]; 
max(A)
 

     3     4
 

 

Maple

A:=Matrix([[1,2],[3,4]]); 
`max`~([LinearAlgebra:-Column(A,1..-1)])
 

[3, 4]