RE: max/min of functions
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- Subject: [mg27638] RE: [mg27581] max/min of functions
- From: "Harvey P. Dale" <hpd1 at nyu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 02:35:51 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Try FindMinimum. To get a maximum, try using FindMinimum applied to the negative of the function. You will have to specify a starting point. Best, Harvey Professor Harvey P. Dale New York University School of Law Room 206A 110 West 3rd Street New York, N.Y. 10012-1074 -----Original Message----- From: MathBuff [mailto:math_buff at REMOVECAPSyahoo.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 4:09 AM To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg27581] max/min of functions After consulting several books and online reference I cannot figure out how to find the maximum and or minimum values of functions. It seems there must be a built in command for this type of thing, but I'll be damned if I can find it. (yes I can do this on a calculator, but I should be able to do it in mathematica!) here is an example: f(x)=x^2 - 7x -49 Also, is there a built in function that will report the vertex in the form x,y ? thanks! Ed (please respond to math_buff at yahoo.com as well as to this newsgroup)