.. _sphx_glr_api_gallery_optimization_scalar_search:

One-dimensional search
----------------------

Golden-section search for the minimum of a unimodal function.


.. raw:: html

  <div id='sg-tag-list' class='sphx-glr-tag-list'></div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnails">

.. thumbnail-parent-div-open

.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Locates the minimum of a unimodal function on an interval. Each iteration costs one new function evaluation and shrinks the bracket by the factor 1/\varphi \approx 0.618.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /api/gallery/optimization/scalar_search/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_01_golden_section_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :doc:`/api/gallery/optimization/scalar_search/plot_01_golden_section`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Golden-section search: shrinking the bracket</div>
    </div>


.. thumbnail-parent-div-close

.. raw:: html

    </div>


.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   /api/gallery/optimization/scalar_search/plot_01_golden_section