modified Powell method). Options ------- col_deriv : bool Specify whether the Jacobian function computes derivatives down the columns (faster, because there is no transpose operation). xtol : float The calculation will terminate if the relative error between two consecutive iterates is at most `xtol`. maxfev : int The maximum number of calls to the function. If zero, then ``100*(N+1)`` is the maximum where N is the number of elements in `x0`. band : tuple If set to a two-sequence containing the number of sub- and super-diagonals within the band of the Jacobi matrix, the Jacobi matrix is considered banded (only for ``fprime=None``). eps : float A suitable step length for the forward-difference approximation of the Jacobian (for ``fprime=None``). If `eps` is less than the machine precision, it is assumed that the relative errors in the functions are of the order of the machine precision. factor : float A parameter determining the initial step bound (``factor * || diag * x||``). Should be in the interval ``(0.1, 100)``. diag : sequence N positive entries that serve as a scale factors for the variables. r!