NUMERICAL OPTIMISATION ASSIGNMENT 1
MARTA BETCKE KIKO RUL·LAN
EXERCISE 1. Given the following function f(x,y)=2x+4y+x2 −2y2
- (a) Visualise the function and its contours. Submit your solutions via Turnitin.
- (b) Calculate the contours analytically. Submit your solutions via Turnitin.
- (c) Calculate the gradient analytically. Find the stationary points and classify them i.e. are them minima, maxima or something else?
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EXERCISE 2.
- (a) Show that A = BTB is symmetric positive semidefinite for all B ∈ Rn×n. Hint: use the Rayleigh quotient representation of the eigenvalue Ax = λx.
Submit your solutions via Turnitin. - (b) Let f(x) = xTAx with A symmetric positive semidefinite matrix A ∈ Rn×n. Show that f(x) is convex on the domain Rn. Hint: you may want show the equivalent inequality instead
f(y + α(x − y)) − αf(x) − (1 − α)f(y) ≤ 0. Submit your solutions via Turnitin.
Remark. The submission to Turnitin should not be longer than 5 pages. Avoid submitting more code than needed (if any) and focus on explaining your results.
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