I need to find the first local extremum of a polynomial function. For my purposes I need to start at 0 and go toward increasingly positive values of the independent variable. I also need to be able to specify whether I am looking for a maximum or a minimum.

Is there an easy way I can do this?

Thanks!!

David

Howdy,

I am making a maplet that guides a user through crafting a Taylor series equivalent of a function. Obviously this involves finding a formula for the nth derivative of the function. Can Maple calculate this?