Observe the graph :
\The function has absolute maximum at
, a relative minimum at
.
The funcction absolute maximum at
and
. It is also appears that
and
, so the conjecture that this function has no absolute extrema.
Support numerically :
\Construct the table of values. Choose -values on either side of the estimated
-value for each extremum, as well as one very large and one very small value for
.
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Observe the table :
\Because and
, there is an absolute maximum in the interval
.The approximate value of the absolute maximum is
.Likewise, because
and
, there is a absolute maximum in the interval
.The approximate value of absolute maximum is
.
Because and
, there is a relative minimum in the interval
.The approximate value of this relative minimum is
.
and
, which supports the conjecture that the function has no absolute minimum.
The absolute maximum are at and
.
The relative minimum is at .