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  1. def f(x):
  2.     return abs(42-x)**2
  3.  
  4. def improve(x):
  5.     newX = x + 0.1
  6.     return newX, f(newX)
  7.  
  8. def optimize(f, goal):
  9.     x = 0
  10.     err = f(x)
  11.     while err >= goal:
  12.         x, err = improve(x)
  13.     return x, err
  14.  
  15. print(optimize(f, 0.5))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.03s 9440KB
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(41.30000000000032, 0.48999999999955635)
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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11 years ago
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