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Thanks for your answer. I wonder, if multiplying the input with (-1) is the recommended way to find minima. In the back of my head is the nagging conviction that this can't be the right way. Any ideas?

Martin
– Martin

2021-01-15 16:13:23 +00:00
Commented Jan 15, 2021 at 16:13
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@OkLetsdothis: I think it is quite standard. That "trick" is also used often in optimization problems; when you try to maximize an objective function, you can multiply it by -1 and then use a minimization method to solve the problem.

Cleb
– Cleb

2021-01-22 20:20:28 +00:00
Commented Jan 22, 2021 at 20:20

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