FindMaximum

FindMaximum[f, x, ] searches for a local maximum in f, starting from the point x = .

FindMaximum[f, x, , y, , ... ] searches for a local maximum in a function of several variables.

FindMaximum returns a list of the form , x->, where is the maximum value of f found, and is the value of x for which it is found.

See notes for FindMinimum.

See Section 1.6.5.

See also: FindMinimum, NMaximize, Maximize, FindFit, LinearProgramming, D.

Related package: Statistics`NonlinearFit`.

New in Version 5.0.