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Minimizing Functions of Several Variables

The fminsearch function is similar to fminbnd except that it handles functions of many variables, and you specify a starting vector x0 rather than a starting interval. fminsearch attempts to return a vector x that is a local minimizer of the mathematical function near this starting vector.

To try fminsearch, create a function three_var of three variables, x, y, and z.

Now find a minimum for this function using x = -0.6, y = -1.2, and z = 0.135 as the starting values.


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