find out the max ormin of a function
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 - Subject: [mg41334] find out the max ormin of a function
 - From: "sabrina" <hxs61 at po.cwru.edu>
 - Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 03:58:09 -0400 (EDT)
 - Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
 - Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
 
Hi, all: I just started to learn Mathematica: I have one function like this: y=x^2+2x+1 How can I find the minimum of this funtion in a range of [-2, 2]? Or put it in a simple way: if I know y'=2x+2, how can I use Mathematica to find the minimam? Thanks a lot Sabrina