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There are nonlinear solvers available but they are slower and not guaranteed to converge on a globally optimal solution.
by kyllo 10y ago
There are nonlinear solvers available but they are slower and not guaranteed to converge on a globally optimal solution.
- rokob 10y agoYour statement is not universally true, it depends on the nonlinearity.
- kyllo 10y agoIt's correct in the general case. A solver algorithm can find a globally optimum solution for some nonlinear functions, but it cannot be guaranteed to find a globally optimum solution for arbitrary nonlinear functions. That would be like solving P = NP or the Halting Problem.