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Local Minimum


A local minimum, also called a relative minimum, is a minimum within some neighborhood that need not be (but may be) a global minimum.


See also

Global Minimum, Local Maximum, Minimum

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Local Minimum." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LocalMinimum.html

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