Difference between maxima,minima and maximum ,minimum values Share with your friends Share 0 Neha Sethi answered this *Let fx be a function with Domain D⊂R.Then fx is said to attain the maximum value at a point a∈D, if fx≤fa for all x∈DIn such case ,a is called the point of maximum and fa is known as the maximum value or the greatest valueor the absolute maximum value of f(x) .* Let fx be a function with Domain D⊂R.Then fx is said to attain the minimum value at a point a∈D, if fx≥fa for all x∈DIn such case ,a is called the point of minimum and fa is known as the minimum value or the least valueor the absolute minimum value of f(x) . * if fx is continuous function in its domain then at least one maxima and one minima must lie between two equal values of x.* Maxima and minima occur alternately that is between two maxima there is one minimum and vice-versa 0 View Full Answer
