# maximum

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Canonical ID: `math.maximum`. Nederlands: `maximum`.

Finds the largest finite Number in a List.

## Signature

```text
maximum(numbers)
```

## Return value and behavior

Number; an empty List returns none.

Numeric lists contain at most 4096 finite Numbers; invalid items are rejected.

## Example

```pliro
# language: en
say maximum([3, 1, 2])
```