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  2. Maximum and minimum - Wikipedia

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    Finding global maxima and minima is the goal of mathematical optimization. If a function is continuous on a closed interval, then by the extreme value theorem, global maxima and minima exist. Furthermore, a global maximum (or minimum) either must be a local maximum (or minimum) in the interior of the domain, or must lie on the boundary of the ...

  3. Calculus of variations - Wikipedia

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    The calculus of variations (or variational calculus) is a field of mathematical analysis that uses variations, which are small changes in functions and functionals, to find maxima and minima of functionals: mappings from a set of functions to the real numbers.

  4. Calculus - Wikipedia

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    [56]: 37 In analytic geometry, the study of graphs of functions, calculus is used to find high points and low points (maxima and minima), slope, concavity and inflection points. Calculus is also used to find approximate solutions to equations; in practice, it is the standard way to solve differential equations and do root finding in most ...

  5. Fermat's theorem (stationary points) - Wikipedia

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    Fermat's theorem is central to the calculus method of determining maxima and minima: in one dimension, one can find extrema by simply computing the stationary points (by computing the zeros of the derivative), the non-differentiable points, and the boundary points, and then investigating this set to determine the extrema.

  6. List of calculus topics - Wikipedia

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    Maxima and minima; First derivative test; Second derivative test; Extreme value theorem; Differential equation; Differential operator; Newton's method; Taylor's theorem; L'Hôpital's rule; General Leibniz rule; Mean value theorem; Logarithmic derivative; Differential (calculus) Related rates; Regiomontanus' angle maximization problem; Rolle's ...

  7. Derivative test - Wikipedia

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    In calculus, a derivative test uses the derivatives of a function to locate the critical points of a function and determine whether each point is a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point. Derivative tests can also give information about the concavity of a function.