\begin{frame} \frametitle{Maximum and Minimum Values} Let $f$ be a function, and $[a,b]$ a closed interval. Then $f(c)$ is an \begin{itemize} \pause \item \emph{absolute maximum} on $[a,b]$ if $f(c) \ge f(x)$ for all $x$ in~$[a,b]$ \pause \item \emph{absolute minimum} on $[a,b]$ if $f(c) \le f(x)$ for all $x$ in $[a,b]$ \end{itemize} \pause\medskip \extremevalue \pause\medskip \begin{exampleblock}{} \begin{minipage}{.6\textwidth} \begin{center} \scalebox{.6}{ \begin{tikzpicture}[default,baseline=1cm] \diagram{-.5}{8}{-.5}{4}{1} \diagramannotatey{1,2,3} \diagramannotatex{1,2,3,4,5,6,7} \diagramannotatez \begin{scope}[cgreen,ultra thick] %\draw plot[smooth,domain=-1:4,samples=200] function{(3*x**4 - 16*x**3 + 18*x**2)/15}; \draw (1,2) to[out=45,in=180] (2,3) to[out=0,in=180] (4,1) to[out=0,in=180] (6,3) to[out=0,in=135] (7,2); \node[include] at (1,2) {}; \node[include] at (7,2) {}; \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture} } \end{center} \end{minipage} \begin{minipage}{.39\textwidth} \pause Continuous on $[1,7]$. \pause\medskip Absolute minimum:\\\pause $f(4) = 1$ \pause\medskip Absolute maximum:\\\pause $f(2) = 3$, and\\ $f(6) = 3$ \end{minipage} \end{exampleblock} \end{frame}