extremum
Americannoun
plural
extremaEtymology
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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Example Sentences
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Each extremum occurs at a critical point or an endpoint.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
The second derivative test for a function of one variable provides a method for determining whether an extremum occurs at a critical point of a function.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Since f has a local extremum at c, f has a local maximum or local minimum at c.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
A function may or may not have a local extremum at a critical point.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
"Clausitque diem extremum apud castrum de Pontefracto, die Sancti Valentini."
From Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 by Various
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