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FindMaximum

FilledSmallSquare FindMaximum[f, x, ] searches for a local maximum in f, starting from the point x = .

FilledSmallSquare FindMaximum[f, x, , y, , ... ] searches for a local maximum in a function of several variables.

FilledSmallSquare FindMaximum returns a list of the form , x->, where is the maximum value of f found, and is the value of x for which it is found.

FilledSmallSquare See notes for FindMinimum.

FilledSmallSquare See Section 1.6.5.

FilledSmallSquare See also: FindMinimum, NMaximize, Maximize, FindFit, LinearProgramming, D.

FilledSmallSquare Related package: Statistics`NonlinearFit`.

FilledSmallSquare New in Version 5.0.



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