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Global Extremum


A global extremum, also known as an absolute extremum, is a global minimum or global maximum. It is impossible to construct an algorithm that will find a global extremum for an arbitrary function.


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Local Extremum

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Global Extremum." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GlobalExtremum.html

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