noun
- a maximum or minimum value of a mathematical function
Usage: mathematics; technical
Examples
- The function has two extrema on the given interval.
- To find the extremum, we set the derivative equal to zero.
- The global extremum occurs at the boundary of the domain.
- Local extrema can be identified using the second derivative test.
- The extremum of this quadratic function is at the vertex.
- Calculus students learn to locate extrema using optimization techniques.