CALCULUS Understanding
Its Concepts and Methods
CALCULUS Understanding
Its Concepts and Methods
Local maximum
A function f has a local maximum at a point a if f(a) ≥ f(x) for every point x that is sufficiently near a.
A local maximum is also called a relative maximum.
A maximum is sometimes called an absolute maximum to emphasize that it is not just a relative maximum.
In order to say that f has a local maximum or minimum at a, we require that f be defined on all points that are sufficiently close to a.
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