Finding the Minimum of a Function of Several Variables — Coming Soon

5.2. Finding the Minimum of a Function of Several Variables — Coming Soon#

Last Revised on October 12, 2024 (for typos)

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5.2.1. Introduction#

This future section will focus on two methods for computing the minimum (and its location) of a function \(f(x, y, \dots)\) of several variables:

  • Steepest Descent where the gradient is used iteratively to find the direction in which to search for a new approximate location where \(f\) has a lower value.

  • The method of Nelder and Mead, which does not use derivatives.