#14493: Minor docs changes for functions like minimize() which have same handle
in
Python and SAGE
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Reporter: GaryMak | Owner: mvngu
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: sage-6.2
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Description changed by kcrisman:
Old description:
> As a very inexperienced person in this field I found it very difficult
> from the existing docs to understand the difference in syntax between the
> python and sage functions "minimize" - and I imagine this applies to
> other function handles as well: though I will need some guidance as to
> which function specs I need to amend.
New description:
As a very inexperienced person in this field I found it very difficult
from the existing docs to understand the difference in syntax between the
python and sage functions "minimize" - and I imagine this applies to other
function handles as well: though I will need some guidance as to which
function specs I need to amend.
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See [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-support/3mekDq5Stvk this
sage-support discussion]:
{{{
vars = var('x y')
def gg(x,y): return sin(x) + cos(y)
minimize(gg,[0,0])
}}}
gives a TypeError, while
{{{
vars = var('x y')
gg = sin(x) + cos(y)
minimize(gg,[0,0])
}}}
doesn't, but
{{{
sage: def gg(x): return sin(x[0]) + cos(x[1])
sage: minimize(gg,[0,0])
Optimization terminated successfully.
Current function value: -2.000000
Iterations: 72
Function evaluations: 139
(-1.5707636272, 3.14159570731)
}}}
does.
The relevant possibly confusing doc is
[http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/numerical/sage/numerical/optimize.html#sage.numerical.optimize.minimize
here].
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