Find the local maxima and local minima, if any, of the following functions. Find also the local maximum and the local minimum values, as the case may be
g(x) = x3 − 3x
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Solution
g(x) = x3 − 3x
By second derivative test, x = 1 is a point of local minima and local minimum value of g at x = 1 is g(1) = 13 − 3 = 1 − 3 = −2. However,
x = −1 is a point of local maxima and local maximum value of g at
x = −1 is g(1) = (−1)3 − 3 (− 1) = − 1 + 3 = 2.
Concept: Maxima and Minima
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