Numerical solver

[Laszlo Zsolt Nagy]

Robert Kern wrote:

>In [7]: scipy.optimize.fmin_cobyla?
>
>Type:           function
>Base Class:     <type 'function'>
>String Form:    <function fmin_cobyla at 0x4fff3b0>
>Namespace:      Interactive
>File:
>/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy-
>0.4.7.1607-py2.4-macosx-10.4-ppc.egg/scipy/optimize/cobyla.py
>Definition:     scipy.optimize.fmin_cobyla(func, x0, cons, args=(),
>consargs=None, rhobeg=1.0, rhoen
>d=0.0001, iprint=1, maxfun=1000)
>Docstring:
>    Minimize a function using the Contrained Optimization BY Linear
>    Approximation (COBYLA) method
>  
>
...

>    Returns:
>
>    x -- the minimum
>  
>
I'm going to try this. I hope x and x0 can be a vectors. :-)