diff --git a/hands_on/local_maxima/local_maxima.py b/hands_on/local_maxima/local_maxima.py
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+def find_maxima(input):
+
+    output = []
+
+    for i,v in enumerate(input[1:-1]):
+
+        if (v>input[i]) and (v>input[i+2]):
+
+            output.append(i+1)
+
+    return(output)
+
+print(find_maxima([1,4,-5,0,2,1]))
+print(find_maxima([-1,-1,0,-1]))
+
+print('end')
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