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From multi- +‎ extremal.

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multiextremal (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Having multiple extrema
    • 2015, Dmitri E. Kvasov, Yaroslav D. Sergeyev, “Deterministic approaches for solving practical black-box global optimization problems”, in Advances in Engineering Software[1], volume 2015, pages 58–66:
      Nature and evolutionary inspired metaheuristics are also not always successful in finding global solutions to these problems due to their multiextremal character.