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[Tijdreiziger]

You can't have one maxima in the same way you can't have one pencils. That's just how English works.

[pixl97 → Tijdreiziger]

You can't have one local maxima, it would be the global maxima. So by saying local maxima you're assuming the local is just a piece of a larger whole, even if that global state is otherwise undefined.

[reverius42 → pixl97]

No, you can’t have one local maxima, or one global maxima, because it’s plural. You can have one local or global maximum, or two (or more) local or global maxima.

[folli → pixl97]

"You can't have one local pencils, it would be the global pencils"