+/// multiplication as a multiplicator, that is assume that the first vector
+/// represents a 2x2 diagonal matrix with the diagonal elements in the vector.
+/// Then the result is the product of that matrix times the second vector.
+template<typename T>
+inline
+SGVec2<T>
+mult(const SGVec2<T>& v1, const SGVec2<T>& v2)
+{ return SGVec2<T>(v1(0)*v2(0), v1(1)*v2(1)); }
+
+/// component wise min
+template<typename T>
+inline
+SGVec2<T>
+min(const SGVec2<T>& v1, const SGVec2<T>& v2)
+{return SGVec2<T>(SGMisc<T>::min(v1(0), v2(0)), SGMisc<T>::min(v1(1), v2(1)));}
+template<typename S, typename T>
+inline
+SGVec2<T>
+min(const SGVec2<T>& v, S s)
+{ return SGVec2<T>(SGMisc<T>::min(s, v(0)), SGMisc<T>::min(s, v(1))); }
+template<typename S, typename T>
+inline
+SGVec2<T>
+min(S s, const SGVec2<T>& v)
+{ return SGVec2<T>(SGMisc<T>::min(s, v(0)), SGMisc<T>::min(s, v(1))); }
+
+/// component wise max
+template<typename T>
+inline
+SGVec2<T>
+max(const SGVec2<T>& v1, const SGVec2<T>& v2)
+{return SGVec2<T>(SGMisc<T>::max(v1(0), v2(0)), SGMisc<T>::max(v1(1), v2(1)));}
+template<typename S, typename T>
+inline
+SGVec2<T>
+max(const SGVec2<T>& v, S s)
+{ return SGVec2<T>(SGMisc<T>::max(s, v(0)), SGMisc<T>::max(s, v(1))); }
+template<typename S, typename T>
+inline
+SGVec2<T>
+max(S s, const SGVec2<T>& v)
+{ return SGVec2<T>(SGMisc<T>::max(s, v(0)), SGMisc<T>::max(s, v(1))); }
+