How to find and classify stationary points (maximum point ...
www.mytutor.co.uk › answers › 13589We can begin to classify it by taking the second derivative and substituting in the coordinates of our stationary point. Should the value of this come out to be positive then we know our stationary point is a minimum point , if the value comes out to be negative then we have a maximum point and if it is 0 we have to inspect further by taking values either side of the stationary point to see what's going on!