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Problem with NMinimize and complex values

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg113919] Problem with NMinimize and complex values
• From: Sebastian <sebhofer at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:04:19 -0500 (EST)

I want to minimize a function with NMinimize, which has a small
imaginary part when evaluated numerically. The imaginary part is only
a numeric artifact, which I can easily check by increasing the
WorkingPrecision. Still NMinimize complains about the function not
being real. What's the best way to deal with that? A possible solution
is of course Re[] but I suspect that this decreases performance (true/
false?).
TIA
Sebastian