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Re: max and min

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• Subject: [mg87499] Re: max and min
• From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:58:10 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Ary Adilson Morales Alvarado wrote:

> And, If instead of a function I have a List?, how I can to use the
> FindMaximum?.

<snip>

For a list, assuming I have correctly understood your question, you 
should use *Max* (or *Min*). For instance,

     lst = {1, -2, 7, 3, 8, 2, -9, 5};

     Max[lst]          (* returns 8 *)

Regards,
-- Jean-Marc

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