Max out of a function, Mx(x) 1

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I would like to know how to find the max of a function defined as Mx(x) by programming.

The max(A) function doesn't work in this case....

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[IRstuff]

But, what's the basic approach? Is your program going to iterate on x to find the exact maximum?

Or, are you simply going to throw a vector of x's at the function and pick the one that has the highest value?

Or, would you use Maximize? which is like given-find, you define guess values, which you should pick from a plot of the function, use maximize(f,x)

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IRstuff -

I have assigned the function Mx over the range of x from 0 to L a series of piecewise equations.

I have plotted the function Mx(x) and can find graphically the max value as well as simply printing out the contents of the Mx(x) and cursor through them.

But I would like to have another variable, say MaxM that reports the maximum value in Mx(x) automatically without any user input.

I hope that helps.

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[jghrist]

M[x:Mx(x)
MaxM:max(M)

 

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jghrist - Thanks!! Worked like a charm.

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