extremizer

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noun

A function that returns an extremum.

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Meanings

nounextremizer (plural extremizers)

plural extremizers

  1. mathematicsA function that returns an extremum.

    We also prove that any extremizer satisfies foralmosteveryx#92;inS¹.

    2015, Shuanglin Shao, “On existence of extremizers for the Tomas-Stein inequality for S¹”, in arXiv

Origin

From extremize + -er.

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