extremum
Americannoun
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Origin of extremum
1900–05; < New Latin, noun use of neuter of Latin extrēmus extreme
Vocabulary lists containing extremum
AB Calculus
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Calculus, List 1
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BC Calculus
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We will use graphical observations to determine whether a critical point is associated with a local extremum.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
However, a function need not have a local extremum at a critical point.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Therefore, an extremum of the function is 1.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Note this theorem does not claim that a function f must have a local extremum at a critical point.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne Peccet ad extremum ridendus et ilia ducat.”
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John
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