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Maximum and minimum — Wikipedia (en)

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In mathematical analysis, the maximum and minimum of a function are, respectively, the greatest and least value taken by the function. Known generically as extrema, they may be defined either within a given range (the local or relative extrema) or on the entire domain (the global or absolute extrema) of a function. Pierre de Fermat was one of the first mathematicians to propose a general technique, adequality, for finding the maxima and minima of functions. As defined in set theory, the maximum and minimum of a set are the greatest and least elements in the set, respectively. Unbounded infinite sets, such as the set of real numbers, have no minimum or maximum. In statistics, the corresponding concept is the sample maximum and minimum.

Tema degli esploratori: matematica e informatica teorica (deposito sistematico; ricerca «mathematical optimization»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Maximum and minimum» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_and_minimum
Wikidata Q845060 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845060
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_and_minimum?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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