rgence too. ``3`` : print iteration results. Returns ------- xopt : ndarray Parameters (over given interval) which minimize the objective function. fval : number (Optional output) The function value evaluated at the minimizer. ierr : int (Optional output) An error flag (0 if converged, 1 if maximum number of function calls reached). numfunc : int (Optional output) The number of function calls made. See also -------- minimize_scalar: Interface to minimization algorithms for scalar univariate functions. See the 'Bounded' `method` in particular. Notes ----- Finds a local minimizer of the scalar function `func` in the interval x1 < xopt < x2 using Brent's method. (See `brent` for auto-bracketing.) References ---------- .. [1] Forsythe, G.E., M. A. Malcolm, and C. B. Moler. "Computer Methods for Mathematical Computations." Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation 259 (1977). .. [2] Brent, Richard P. Algorithms for Minimization Without Derivatives. Courier Corporation, 2013. Examples -------- `fminbound` finds the minimizer of the function in the given range. The following examples illustrate this. >>> from scipy import optimize >>> def f(x): ... return (x-1)**2 >>> minimizer = optimize.fminbound(f, -4, 4) >>> minimizer 1.0 >>> minimum = f(minimizer) >>> minimum 0.0 >>> res = optimize.fminbound(f, 3, 4, full_output=True) >>> minimizer, fval, ierr, numfunc = res >>> minimizer 3.000005960860986 >>> minimum = f(minimizer) >>> minimum, fval (4.000023843479476, 4.000023843479476) )