Stream: helpdesk (published)

Topic: Packages for ZeroFinding


view this post on Zulip brett knoss (Oct 18 2022 at 03:22):

I can't remember what packages exist for zero finding. I'm thinking Optim.jl is a good option?

view this post on Zulip Felix Kastner (Oct 18 2022 at 05:52):

There's also Roots.jl

view this post on Zulip Benoit Pasquier (Oct 19 2022 at 02:53):

NLSolvers.jl, NLsolve.jl, NonlinearSolve.jl, SIAMFANLEquations.jl also

view this post on Zulip Benoit Pasquier (Oct 19 2022 at 02:54):

You don't want to use Optim.jl. (Optim.jl is for finding mininums (or maximums) rather than zeros, and minimizing |f(x)|for finding its root is generally not a good idea.)


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