Finds a local minimum of a function numerically.
FindMinimum[f, x]
FindMinimum[f, {x, x0}]
FindMinimum[f, {{x, x0}, {y, y0}, …}]
FindMinimum[{f, cons}, {{x, x0}, {y, y0}, …}]
FindMinimum[{f, cons}, {x, y, …}]
FindMinimum[x^2 - 4 x + 5, {x, 0}]
→ {1., {x -> 2.}}FindMinimum[{x^2 + y^2, x + y == 1}, {{x, 0}, {y, 0}}]
→ {0.5, {x -> 0.5, y -> 0.5}}FindMinimum[{-x, x <= 5}, x]
→ {-5., {x -> 5.}}FindMaximum[{2 x, x <= 3}, {x, 0}]
→ {6., {x -> 3.}}- AccuracyGoal — default Automatic
- EvaluationMonitor — default None
- Gradient — default Automatic
- MaxIterations — default Automatic
- Method — default Automatic
- PrecisionGoal — default Automatic
- StepMonitor — default None
- WorkingPrecision — default MachinePrecision