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Definition of (global) maximum (minimum) of a function of n variables. As collective names, we use optimal points and values, or extreme points and values. Used to convert minimization problems to maximization problems.
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See Simon and Blume (1994), Sydsæter et al. (2005), Intriligator (1971), Luenberger (1984), and Dixit (1990).
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Sydsæter, K., Strøm, A., Berck, P. (2010). Classical optimization. In: Economists’ Mathematical Manual. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28518-2_14
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