Re: Two successive FindMinimum -> Bug?
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- Subject: [mg74329] Re: [mg74312] Two successive FindMinimum -> Bug?
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:56:44 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
fxt[x_,t_]=(x^2-t)^2;
Reduce[fxt[x,t]==0,t]
t == x^2
tminx should be restricted to numeric arguments
tminx[x_?NumericQ]:=t/.FindMinimum[fxt[x,t],{t,1}][[2]];
tminabs=FindMinimum[tminx[x],{x,1}]
{0., {x -> 7.450580485901526*^-9}}
Bob Hanlon
---- Dmitry Garanin <dgaranin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to solve a problem that requires application of FindMinimum (or similar rutines two times and it does not work. Here is a simplified example:
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>
> fxt[x_,t_]=(x^2-t)^2 (* Searching for a minimal t for which fxt turns to zero *)
> tminx[x_]:=t/.FindMinimum[fxt[x,t],{t,1}][[2]] (* Finding the minimizing t for a given x *)
> tminabs=FindMinimum[tminx[x],{x,1}] (* Minimizing this t with respect to x. The result should be tminabs=0 at x=0 *)
>
> The last command here does not work since, evidently tminx[x] (that is x^2 for us humans) is not treated as a regular function.
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> Is there a bug here or I am doing something wrong??
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> Help is appreciated.
>
>
> http://profiles.yahoo.com/dgaranin
>