Finding global maxima and minima is the goal of mathematical optimization.

Finding the element with minimum key can also be done in O ( 1 ) by using an additional pointer to the minimum.

Finding an optimal solution to the above problem results in a quantizer sometimes called a MMSQE ( minimum mean-square quantization error ) solution, and the resulting pdf-optimized ( non-uniform ) quantizer is referred to as a Lloyd – Max quantizer, named after two people who independently developed iterative methods to solve the two sets of simultaneous equations resulting from and, as follows:

Finding the minimum number of cuts needed is an interesting mathematical problem.

Finding minimum entropy codes.

* Finding the Delaunay triangulation of a set of points knowing the Euclidean minimum spanning tree: randomized O ( n n ) time, Olivier Devillers

In graph theory, the metric dimension of a graph G is the minimum number of vertices in a subset S of G such that all other vertices are uniquely determined by their distances to the vertices in S. Finding the metric dimension of a graph is an NP-hard problem ; the decision version, determining whether the metric dimension is less than a given value, is NP-complete.

Finding the maximum of a function often involves taking the derivative of a function and solving for the parameter being maximized, and this is often easier when the function being maximized is a log-likelihood rather than the original likelihood function.

* Finding an approximate maximum ( element at least as large as the median ): n − 4 to n + 2 parallel operations

# redirect independent set ( graph theory )# Finding maximum independent sets

Finding the maximum of this function is non-trivial and generally involves iterative methods.

Finding the optimal solution to complex high dimensional, multimodal problems often requires very expensive fitness function evaluations.

Finding an indefinite integral of a function is the same as solving the differential equation.

Finding the potential function subject to suitable boundary conditions is equivalent to solving Poisson's equation.

Finding φ for some given f is an important practical problem, since this is the usual way to find the electric potential for a given charge distribution described by the density function.

Finding that the resulting curves were similarly shaped, he sought a single function which could generate all of them, when appropriate constants were inserted.

# Finding all prime implicants of the function.

Finding the velocity as a function of time involves solving a differential equation.

Finding a solution to the linear complementarity problem is associated with minimizing the quadratic function

* Finding ridge points on the distance function

Finding suitable venues for an Eastercon ( enough function and social space of the right types, enough bedrooms, low enough rates, not in a city that's already hosting a big event on the Easter weekend, willing to put up with Eastercon's numerous unusual requirements such as supply of real ale, etc.

Finding sources for these high quality foods is a problem.

Finding similar conclusions from multiple independent methods is also evidence for the reliability of the methods themselves, because consilience eliminates the possibility of all potential errors that do not affect all the methods equally.

Finding the key bed in these situations may help determine whether the fault is a normal fault or a thrust fault.

* Finding the largest complete graph is called the clique problem ( NP-complete ).

Finding maximal induced subgraphs of a certain kind is also often NP-complete.

Finding unemployment statistics from Haiti is very difficult because of the lack of publication of such data from the Haitian agencies in charge of collecting it.

Finding inner peace is often associated with traditions such as Buddhism and Hinduism as well as the New Age movement.

Finding the Dao and Buddha-nature is not simply a matter of formulations, but an active response to the Four Noble Truths that cannot be fully expressed or conveyed in words and concrete associations.

Finding such entails finding the null space of, which is more or less simple depending on the structure of.

When some other important feast occurs on a weekday, such as the First and Second Finding of the Head of John the Baptist ( February 24 ), the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste ( March 9 ), etc., it is usually combined with the Lenten service, and wine and oil are allowed at the meal.

Finding out that he can turn into his new alter-ego at will, Videoman, however, is completely inexperienced with his handling of such powerful abilities ; he tries to help the trio ( which has awakened Iceman from his trance ) against a hypnotized mob, but they repel his offers due to his inexperience.

Finding the appropriate size of political states or other decision-making units, determining their optimal relationship to social capital and to infrastructural capital, is a major focus of political science.

Finding himself in a unique situation, the figure skater Gillis Grafström is the first one ever to successfully defend his Summer Olympics title at the Winter Olympics.

Finding themselves in the same situation as Gillis Grafström, the Canadian ice-hockey team is the last ever to successfully defend its Summer Olympics title at the Winter Olympics.

The second is an excerpt from the chapter on Arcadia in John Fleming's book Stoppard's Theatre: Finding Order amid Chaos.

On this second visit to England, he was lauded by the English nobility and critics alike, and invited to exhibit at leading art societies ; moreover, King George III is said to have commissioned the out-sized painting River Landscape with the Finding of Moses ( 1768 ).

Finding that the reward for his faith, eternity as promised in the Revelation, is worthless without her, Alex's journey through timeless space in search of his lost lady takes him to Hell and beyond.

Finding himself unable to cope with the combined forces of Eumenes and Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia, Pharnaces is compelled to purchase peace by ceding all his conquests in Galatia and Paphlagonia, with the exception of Sinope.

Finding reliable ways to distinguish between biologically-formed and abiotic ( non-biological ) stromatolites is an active area of research in geology.

Finding her arm in arm with one of her college professors, Alvy argues with Annie whether this is the " flexibility " they had discussed.

* There is a movie Finding Graceland starring Harvey Keitel with Johnathon Schaech, as Kietel being a impersonator who claims to be the actual real Elvis after Schaech picks him up as a hitch-hiker trying to get a ride to Memphis.

Finding his people slow to come to church, he is said to have stood at the end of a bridge singing songs in the vernacular, thus collecting a crowd to listen to exhortations on sacred subjects.

Example 1: Finding primes for which a is a residue