• Feb 6, 2026 numerical methods for unconstrained optimization a find a point \(x^\) in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) such that: \[ f(x^) \leq f(x) \quad \text{for all} \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^n \] or, in the case of maximization, the inequality is reversed. The absence of const BY Ms. Rosie Mann PhD