FindMaximum

Usage

• FindMaximum[f, {x, }] searches for a local maximum in f, starting from the point x = .
• FindMaximum[f, {{x, }, {y, }, ... }] searches for a local maximum in a function of several variables.

Notes

• 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.

• See notes for FindMinimum.

• See Section 1.6.5.

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

• Related package: Statistics`NonlinearFit`.

• New in Version 5.

• Advanced Documentation.