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# scipy.optimize.root

`scipy.optimize.``root`(fun, x0, args=(), method='hybr', jac=None, tol=None, callback=None, options=None)

  Find a root of a vector function.

  New in version 0.11.0.

  Parameters : | fun : callable A vector function to find a root of. x0 : ndarray Initial guess. args : tuple, optional Extra arguments passed to the objective function and its Jacobian. method : str, optional Type of solver. Should be one of ‘hybr’ ‘lm’ ‘broyden1’ ‘broyden2’ ‘anderson’ ‘linearmixing’ ‘diagbroyden’ ‘excitingmixing’ ‘krylov’ jac : bool or callable, optional If jac is a Boolean and is True, fun is assumed to return the value of Jacobian along with the objective function. If False, the Jacobian will be estimated numerically. jac can also be a callable returning the Jacobian of fun. In this case, it must accept the same arguments as fun. tol : float, optional Tolerance for termination. For detailed control, use solver-specific options. callback : function, optional Optional callback function. It is called on every iteration as `callback(x, f)` where x is the current solution and f the corresponding residual. For all methods but ‘hybr’ and ‘lm’. options : dict, optional A dictionary of solver options. E.g. xtol or maxiter, see `show_options('root', method)` for details.
  Returns : | sol : Result The solution represented as a `Result` object. Important attributes are: `x` the solution array, `success` a Boolean flag indicating if the algorithm exited successfully and `message` which describes the cause of the termination. See `Result` for a description of other attributes.

  Notes

  This section describes the available solvers that can be selected by the ‘method’ parameter. The default method is hybr.

  Method hybr uses a modification of the Powell hybrid method as implemented in MINPACK [R88].

  Method lm solves the system of nonlinear equations in a least squares sense using a modification of the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm as implemented in MINPACK [R88].

  Methods broyden1, broyden2, anderson, linearmixing, diagbroyden, excitingmixing, krylov are inexact Newton methods, with backtracking or full line searches [R89]. Each method corresponds to a particular Jacobian approximations. See `nonlin` for details.

  - Method broyden1 uses Broyden’s first Jacobian approximation, it is known as Broyden’s good method.
  - Method broyden2 uses Broyden’s second Jacobian approximation, it is known as Broyden’s bad method.
  - Method anderson uses (extended) Anderson mixing.
  - Method Krylov uses Krylov approximation for inverse Jacobian. It is suitable for large-scale problem.
  - Method diagbroyden uses diagonal Broyden Jacobian approximation.
  - Method linearmixing uses a scalar Jacobian approximation.
  - Method excitingmixing uses a tuned diagonal Jacobian approximation.

  Warning

  The algorithms implemented for methods diagbroyden, linearmixing and excitingmixing may be useful for specific problems, but whether they will work may depend strongly on the problem.

  References

  [R88] | (1, 2, 3) More, Jorge J., Burton S. Garbow, and Kenneth E. Hillstrom. 1980. User Guide for MINPACK-1.

  [R89] | (1, 2) C. T. Kelley. 1995. Iterative Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Equations. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. <http://www.siam.org/books/kelley/>

  Examples

  The following functions define a system of nonlinear equations and its jacobian.

      >>> def fun(x):
      ...     return [x[0]  + 0.5 * (x[0] - x[1])**3 - 1.0,
      ...             0.5 * (x[1] - x[0])**3 + x[1]]

      >>> def jac(x):
      ...     return np.array([[1 + 1.5 * (x[0] - x[1])**2,
      ...                       -1.5 * (x[0] - x[1])**2],
      ...                      [-1.5 * (x[1] - x[0])**2,
      ...                       1 + 1.5 * (x[1] - x[0])**2]])

  A solution can be obtained as follows.

      >>> from scipy import optimize
      >>> sol = optimize.root(fun, [0, 0], jac=jac, method='hybr')
      >>> sol.x
      array([ 0.8411639,  0.1588361])

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