I'm reading chapter 3(growth functions) of CLRS and in giving an example of proving theta for a standard quadratic function the book gives the following value for $n_0 = 2 \cdot max(|b|/a, \sqrt{|c|/a})$ .
I'm confused regarding what "max" means in this context. The quadratic function is $an^2 + bn + c$ and the constants give are $c_1 = a/4, c_2 =7a/4$.
I'm thinking it might mean which ever of the parameters yields a larger value?