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Subject: RE: WANTED: APL maximization function
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Fred Masterson writes:
>I am seeking an APL function that will maximize a function of
>one variable, i.e., find the value of x that maximizes f(x).  

Gee.. uh... could you maybe give a few more hints about the kind of
problem you are talking about?  Maybe we should just assume that x is
intended to be a floating-point scalar, and that any local maxima of f
is a suitable answer?

Also, how important is it that the routine be a "function"?  Often
interactive routines are quite powerful (and potentially instructive).

Raul Rockwell