- So, $f^{\prime}(x)>0$ on $(-\infty,-1)$ \& on $(1, \infty)$
- $ f^{\prime}(x)<0 \text { on }(-1,0) \cup(0,1)$
- **Recall** $f^{\prime}(x)>0 \Rightarrow f$ is increasing
- $f^{\prime}(x)<0 \Rightarrow f$ is decreasing.
- Thus $f(x)$ is increasing on $(-\infty,-1)$, decreasing on $(-1,0)$,
- decreasing on $(0,1)$ and increasing on $(1,\infty)$
- So, from this we can conclude that on $(0, \infty)$ $f(x)$ has no maximum value but has the minimum value $2$ at $x=1$.
- And, on $(-\infty, 0) f(x)$ has no minimum values but has a maximum value $-2$ at $x=-1$.