pycse - optimization in Python, aka finding the minimum of a function

A common task in engineering is finding the minimum of a function. In this example, we show how to find a minimum graphically, how to approximate it, and how to find it with scipy.optimize.minimize.

See the notes here: https://github.com/jkitchin/pycse/blob/master/pycse-channel/minimize.org

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