Definition:Extreme Value/Real Function
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Definition
Let $f: \R \to \R$ be a real function.
An extreme value of $f$ is an absolute maximum or absolute minimum of $f$.
Also see
- Results about extreme values in the context of real functions can be found here.
Sources
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): extreme value (of a function)