noun
- plural of maximal; elements in a set that are not exceeded by any other element in the set
Usage: mathematics; formal
Examples
- The mathematician identified all the maximals in the partially ordered set.
- Finding the maximals requires comparing each element to all others in the collection.
- The algorithm efficiently computes the maximals without examining every possible combination.
- In this lattice structure, there are exactly three maximals.
- The maximals represent the optimal solutions in the constraint system.