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find minimum of a function with abs and squares analytically
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Dec 23, 2012 5:19 PM
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Virgil
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Re: find minimum of a function with abs and squares analytically
Posted:
Dec 23, 2012 5:19 PM
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In article <fc240980-779a-41b1-a09c-cafc889ae2b7@googlegroups.com>,
Ray Vickson <RGVickson@shaw.ca> wrote:
> On Sunday, December 23, 2012 9:08:56 AM UTC-8, richard...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > I want to find the analytical minimum 'x_opt=argmin(x)' of the following
> > function:
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> > f(x) = alpha * |c + x| + beta * x ^ 2
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First find the analytical minima of both
g(x) = alpha * (c + x) + beta * x ^ 2
and
h(x) = -alpha * (c + x) + beta * x ^ 2
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