extremum
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extrema
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Origin of extremum
1900–05; < New Latin, noun use of neuter of Latin extrēmus extreme
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AB Calculus
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We have also defined local extrema and determined that if a function f has a local extremum at a point c, then c must be a critical point of f .
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Note this theorem does not claim that a function f must have a local extremum at a critical point.
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A function may or may not have a local extremum at a critical point.
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A function may have both an absolute maximum and an absolute minimum, just one extremum, or neither.
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It would be well that each of us should say to himself, "Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne Peccet ad extremum ridendus."
From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope
These are the absolute extrema of g on D as shown in the following figure.
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In these cases, how can we use a formula for a function to determine where these extrema occur?
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Figure 4.13 shows several functions and some of the different possibilities regarding absolute extrema.
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The next step involves finding the extrema of f on the boundary of its domain.
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Observing that Fontenelle, at first, opposed the Newtonian philosophy, and embraced it afterwards, his words were: "Fontinellus, ni fallor, in extrema senectute, fuit transfuga ad castra Newtoniana."
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Samuel Johnson
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