Usually means: Lowest point in nearby area.
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  1. local minimum: Wiktionary
  2. local minimum: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. local minimum: Dictionary.com
  4. Local minimum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. local minimum: Encyclopedia

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  1. Local Minimum: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  3. local minimum: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (local minimum)

▸ noun:  (mathematics) A point on a graph (or its associated function) whose value is less than all other points near it.

Similar:
local maximum, subminimum, global minimum, minimum, antimode, minimization, minimum cut, minorizer, minorant, minus, more...

Opposite:
global maximum, peak, summit, highest point

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Similar:
local maximum, subminimum, global minimum, minimum, antimode, minimization, minimum cut, minorizer, minorant, minus, more...

Opposite:
global maximum, peak, summit, highest point



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