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# MAX

Purpose
Maximum value of two or more expressions
Synopsis
`MAX(value1, value2)`
Argument

value1, value2 | Each argument is one of the following: a constant; a variable; a formula evaluating to a single value

Further information
1. MAX is not always differentiable and so alternative modeling approaches should be used where possible.
2. In mmxnlp, fmax is used to represent the max function.
Parent Topic Other mathematical functions

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