Reducing function 1

a = [1,2,13,4,5]
def max_value (a,b):
    return a if a > b else b
def max_sequence(x):
    result = x[0]
    for element in x:
        result = max_value(result, element)
    return result
print(max_sequence(a))
def min_value(a,b):
    return b if a > b else a
def min_sequence(x):
    result = x[0]
    for element in x:
        result = min_value(result, element)
    return result
print(min_sequence(a))