The input argument fun refers to an IML module that specifies a function that returns f, a vector of length m for least-squares subroutines or a scalar for other optimization subroutines. The returned ...
We like mechanical calculators like slide rules, but we have to admit that we had not heard of the Ott Derivimeter that [Chris Staecker] shows us in a recent video. As the name implies, the ...
The complex-step method is a clever way of obtaining a numerical approximation to the first derivative of a function, avoiding the round-off error that plagues ...