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Re: minimum of a function

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  • Subject: [mg75033] Re: [mg75030] minimum of a function
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:03:56 -0400 (EDT)
  • Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net

f[x_]:=x^2+3x-2;

fmin=FindMinimum[f[x], {x, 0}][[2]]

{x -> -1.5}

f[x]/.fmin

-4.25


Bob Hanlon

---- Sven Krueger <Sven-Philip.Krueger at phys.uni-goettingen.de> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I also have a question concerning a mathematica problem:
>
> I search the minimum of a function
> fmin := FindMinimum[f[x], {x, 0}]
> Evaluate[fmin]
>
> I get out for example
> {2.4, {x -> 0.2}}
>
> Is it possible to use the result x=0.2 afterwards?
> I would like to fix x after getting out the value of x at different
> results of fmin.
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> Sven Kr=C3=BCger
>
>



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