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Algorithm in NDSolve and FindMinimum

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Subject: [mg70145] Algorithm in NDSolve and FindMinimum
From: "Texas A&M" <ultrathin1 at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 03:33:03 -0400 (EDT)

FindMinimum[
    Block[{},
      if1 = NDSolve[{fun[z1] == 0, h[0] == unknown1, h'[0] == 0},
          h, {z1, 0, a}];  vans1 = (h[a])^2 /. if1[[1]];
      vans1], {unknown1, 0.1, 1.2}]

What this command really does?
Do NDSolve (or FindMinimum) always use the same Algorithm?

Thanks,

Kai

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