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  • Subject: [mg99084] MaxValue
  • From: BG <galt32 at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:40:18 -0400 (EDT)

Suppose I want to find supremum of {(-1)^n: n is natural}, MaxValue
just returns the question itself.
if I ask it sup of (1+2)^n, it givs infinity, but max of (1-2)^n it
just returns the question itself.
FindMaximum and FindMinimum also can't handle (-1)^n...how can it be
done then?


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