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This lecture covers the concepts of global and local maxima and minima of functions, defining them based on the values of the function at specific points. It also explains the conditions for a function to have no maxima or minima, as well as the relationship between global and local extrema. The instructor illustrates these concepts with examples and introduces a theorem that guarantees the existence of global maxima and minima for continuous functions over a closed interval.