Re: Problem with parametric minimization
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- Subject: [mg90225] Re: Problem with parametric minimization
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 06:37:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
Hi, try: Minimize[a*x^2 + b*x + c, x] Regards Jens Stephan Heckmueller wrote: > Hello, > I have a problem with with the examples for using the > Minimize function given in the documentation on wolfram.com: > > When trying: > > Minimize[ax^2+bx+c,x] > > I receive the following error: > > Minimize::objv: > The objective function c+bx+ax^2 contains a nonconstant > expression c independent of variables (x). > > Is there something wrong with the command or the > documentation? > > Thanks. > >