Maxima and Optimization



On 7/7/10 6:11 PM, Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Golmia Dante wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know if MAXIMA solves optimization problems.
>
> If afirmative, how could I use optimization algorithm in Maxima ? Is there any
> tutorial of optimization for MAXIMA ?
>   
What kind of optimization problems are you trying to solve?   And are
you talking about numerical optimization or symbolic optimization?

"Optimization" has so many different meanings....

Ray