Exercise 4: Optimization techniques on scalar functions

In this exercise you will explore the concepts of gradient descent, root finding on the gradient and the conjugate gradient method.

In order to do so, you need to create your own project for the exercise 4 (prefixed with your idm username) in the exercise group as we did with the cpp_introduction and pulling the template into it. Please remember to create your own project first, then clone your own project and then pull the template afterwards, before pushing to your own project.

Obtaining the instructions

In the template you will find a directory called instructions and in it the source for the instruction sheet exercise_4.tex. Produce the pdf of these instructions using the pdflatex command like we did for exercise 1.

Proceeding with the exercise

Once you have produced the pdf of this exercise, proceed to work on the tasks provided therein.