extremum
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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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If a continuous function f has a local extremum, it must occur at a critical point c.
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Therefore, an extremum of the function is 1.
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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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Therefore, the existence of a critical value at x = x0 does not guarantee a local extremum at x = x0.
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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 Trollope, Anthony
The next step involves finding the extrema of f on the boundary of its domain.
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At this point, we know how to locate absolute extrema for continuous functions over closed intervals.
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In some of these cases, the functions have local extrema at critical points, whereas in other cases the functions do not.
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Can we find relative extrema of functions using derivatives?
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Observing that Fontenelle at first opposed the Newtonian philosophy, and embraced it afterwards, his words were:—"Fontenellus, ni fallor, in extrema senectute fuit transfuga ad castra Newtoniana."
From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman
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