brent-search 1.0.16

Brent's method for univariate function optimization.

# brent-search

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Brent's method for univariate function optimization.

## Example

```python
from brent_search import brent

def func(x, s):
return (x - s)**2 - 0.8

r = brent(lambda x: func(x, 0), -10, 10)
print(r)
```
The output should be
```
(0.0, -0.8, 6)
```

## Install

The recommended way of installing it is via
[conda](http://conda.pydata.org/docs/index.html)
```bash
conda install -c conda-forge brent-search
```

An alternative way would be via pip
```bash
pip install brent-search
```

## Running the tests

After installation, you can test it
```
python -c "import brent_search; brent_search.test()"
```
as long as you have [pytest](http://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/).

## Authors

* **Danilo Horta** - [https://github.com/Horta](https://github.com/Horta)

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the
[LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details

## Links

- [brent-search-feedstock](https://github.com/conda-forge/brent-search-feedstock)