For , the gradient is zero at the origin. Along the height increases, but along it decreases, so the origin is neither a local minimum nor a local maximum.对 ,原点的梯度为零;但沿 方向高度增大,沿 方向高度减小,因此原点既不是局部极小值,也不是局部极大值。
The gold section is ; the cyan section is . Moving points compare these two directions on the same stationary surface.金色截线对应 ,青色截线对应 。两个光点沿截线移动,对照同一个静止曲面上的升降方向。