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Summary Computational Science Notes — Optimization, Constraints, and Numerical Methods

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A focused summary of computational science topics including optimization methods, Newton’s method, BFGS, L-BFGS, line search, constraints, and Lagrange multipliers. Useful for revision in numerical optimization and computational methods courses.

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minimisation problem :


*
m (u mo of m(u)
m =

min is the minimum



values of the variables in u that minimisem(M) ut m(r) ut is the minimiser
agmin
: =




of m(u)
m
*
maxm(y) = m(l
augmax
= or u
M



min-ml
*
u =

algmaxm(1) =
ag

m(u)
* *
m =




local minima
Difference between and
global minimum

Global minimum :
point where the function attains its lowest possible value across the entre domain


for a function n(u) ,
global minimum m(u* ) : m(ut) = m(u) FrE/R

Local function min value within
minimum :
point where the attains a
righborhood around the point

m(u* ) = m(u) for all u in a
neighborhood around u
*




Steepest descent
algorithm
-
iteative optimisation
algorithm used to find a local minimum
of a
differentiable function .

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At each step ,
the
algorithm moves in the direction
of the steepest
negative gradient (the direction in which the function

decreases the most rapidly) .


By taking small steps in this direction ,
the
algorithm gradually "descends" toward a .
nin



Mathematical formulation :




Even a differential function m(r) , the steepest descent
algorithm updates the current
guess refor the min
ur =
u -


xm(uk)
·
U : current
guess for the min at ituation k

· Ch :
step size at ituation k

Ym(rh) u
gradient of function evaluated at
·


: m


+1
uk updated guees for . min
·


:




-
Ym (m) - of steepest ascent
direct -
Xm(m) -> steepest descent


Stepsize &-how far the If is too small
algorithm moves
along the gradient direction . I -
convergence is slow


If X too
large I
night overshoot the minimum and fail to
until the
-
Itrative process >
-
it repeats the process
of updating u
change in the
function value converge
.
or the
gradient becomes
sufficiently small

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