maximum principle

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noun

Mathematics.

the theorem that a function of a complex variable that is analytic in a domain and on its boundary attains its maximum absolute value on the boundary.

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The original Fielding tariff of 1897 had adopted the minimum and maximum principle, with the intention that a few low-tariff countries should share with Great Britain the advantages of the lower rates.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Oscar Douglas Skelton

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