extremum
noun
a maximum or minimum value of a function in a specified neighborhood.
extrema
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pluralof extremum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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As shown in Figure 4.13, one or both of these absolute extrema could occur at an endpoint.
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These are the absolute extrema of g on D as shown in the following figure.
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The next step involves finding the extrema of g on the boundary of its domain.
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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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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
