patrick-kidger / patrick-kidger/optimistix

Updated Nelder--Mead and Newton and Chord to use search+descent API

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Description

Right now these have been implemented as standalone solvers.

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by inspecting the standalone Nelder–Mead, Newton, and Chord solver implementations and the search+descent API. Compare how each solver currently exposes its work, then verify that all three use the shared API and retain their existing optimization behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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