Re: Problem with parametric minimization
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- Subject: [mg90255] Re: Problem with parametric minimization
- From: Stephan Heckmueller <stephan.heckmueller at gmx.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:13:44 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi, unfortunately I forgot to insert spaces between the constants and the variable in my previous posting. But as I said, it's the example from the mathematica documentation only copy-pasted. None of the alternatives work though. I'm using version 5.2. Might that be a problem? Thanks, Stephan Jens-Peer Kuska wrote: > 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. >> >>