The findZero function finds a zero of a scalar function using Newton's method; its output is a stream of increasingly accurate results. (Modulo the usual caveats.) If the stream becomes constant ("it converges"), no further elements are returned.

Examples:

>>> take 10 $ findZero (\x->x^2-4) 1
[1.0,2.5,2.05,2.000609756097561,2.0000000929222947,2.000000000000002,2.0]

>>> last $ take 10 $ findZero ((+1).(^2)) (1 :+ 1)
0.0 :+ 1.0

The inverse function inverts a scalar function using Newton's method; its output is a stream of increasingly accurate results. (Modulo the usual caveats.) If the stream becomes constant ("it converges"), no further elements are returned.

Example:

>>> last $ take 10 $ inverse sqrt 1 (sqrt 10)
10.0

The fixedPoint function find a fixedpoint of a scalar function using Newton's method; its output is a stream of increasingly accurate results. (Modulo the usual caveats.)

If the stream becomes constant ("it converges"), no further elements are returned.

>>> last $ take 10 $ fixedPoint cos 1
0.7390851332151607

The extremum function finds an extremum of a scalar function using Newton's method; produces a stream of increasingly accurate results. (Modulo the usual caveats.) If the stream becomes constant ("it converges"), no further elements are returned.

>>> last $ take 10 $ extremum cos 1
0.0

The gradientDescent function performs a multivariate optimization, based on the naive-gradient-descent in the file stalingrad/examples/flow-tests/pre-saddle-1a.vlad from the VLAD compiler Stalingrad sources. Its output is a stream of increasingly accurate results. (Modulo the usual caveats.)

It uses reverse mode automatic differentiation to compute the gradient.

Perform a gradient descent using reverse mode automatic differentiation to compute the gradient.