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Re: typing starting values in FindMinimum

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  • Subject: [mg15484] Re: typing starting values in FindMinimum
  • From: "Albert Maydeu-Olivares" <amaydeu at nil.fut.es>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 04:22:26 -0500
  • Organization: University of Barcelona
  • References: <77f0j5$m17@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

This is the best answer I received

j={{l2,l1,0},{l3,0,l1},{0,l3,l2}};
e={0.56-l1 l2,0.48 -l1 l3,0.42 -l2 l3};

theta={l1,l2,l3};
start ={0.5,0.5,0.5};
startval=Transpose[{theta,start}]

FindMinimum[Apply[Plus,e^2],Evaluate[Sequence@@startval],Method->Newton,
  Gradient->j]



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