len(eqcons), len(x0) ). fprime_ieqcons : callable `f(x,*args)`, optional A function of the form `f(x, *args)` that returns the m by n array of inequality constraint normals. If not provided, the normals will be approximated. The array returned by fprime_ieqcons should be sized as ( len(ieqcons), len(x0) ). args : sequence, optional Additional arguments passed to func and fprime. iter : int, optional The maximum number of iterations. acc : float, optional Requested accuracy. iprint : int, optional The verbosity of fmin_slsqp : * iprint <= 0 : Silent operation * iprint == 1 : Print summary upon completion (default) * iprint >= 2 : Print status of each iterate and summary disp : int, optional Overrides the iprint interface (preferred). full_output : bool, optional If False, return only the minimizer of func (default). Otherwise, output final objective function and summary information. epsilon : float, optional The step size for finite-difference derivative estimates. callback : callable, optional Called after each iteration, as ``callback(x)``, where ``x`` is the current parameter vector. Returns ------- out : ndarray of float The final minimizer of func. fx : ndarray of float, if full_output is true The final value of the objective function. its : int, if full_output is true The number of iterations. imode : int, if full_output is true The exit mode from the optimizer (see below). smode : string, if full_output is true Message describing the exit mode from the optimizer. See also -------- minimize: Interface to minimization algorithms for multivariate functions. See the 'SLSQP' `method` in particular. Notes ----- Exit modes are defined as follows :: -1 : Gradient evaluation required (g & a) 0 : Optimization terminated successfully 1 : Function evaluation required (f & c) 2 : More equality constraints than independent variables 3 : More than 3*n iterations in LSQ subproblem 4 : Inequality constraints incompatible 5 : Singular matrix E in LSQ subproblem 6 : Singular matrix C in LSQ subproblem 7 : Rank-deficient equality constraint subproblem HFTI 8 : Positive directional derivative for linesearch 9 : Iteration limit reached Examples -------- Examples are given :ref:`in the tutorial `. Nr