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From: fmaster@chopin.udel.edu (Fred A Masterson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
Subject: Re: WANTED: APL maximization function
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Date: 1 Apr 91 02:51:19 GMT
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In article <31MAR91.00533434@uc780.umd.edu> cs450a03@uc780.umd.edu writes:
>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

O.K., here are the hints: 

x is indeed a floating point scalar

a local maximum would be just fine

an interactive (no returned value) procedure would be fine

    Fred Masterson    fmaster@chopin.udel.edu
    University of Delaware