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Local and global extrema for functions of several variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Bruce Calvert  and
M. K. Vamanamurthy
Bruce Calvert
Affiliation:
University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand
M. K. Vamanamurthy
Affiliation:
University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand
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Abstract

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Let p: R2 → R be a polynomial with a local minimum at its only critical point. This must give a global minimum if the degree of p is < 5, but not necessarily if the degree is ≥ 5. It is an open question what the result is for cubics and quartics in more variables, except cubics in three variables. Other sufficient conditions for a global minimum of a general function are given.

1980 Mathematics subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc.): 26 B 99, 26 C 99.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , May 1980 , pp. 362 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1980

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