... books,diskettes, or CDROMs visit website http://www.nr.com or call 1-800-8 72- 7 423 (North America only) ,or send email to trade@cup.cam.ac.uk (outside North America) b−a =w c−a 400 Chapter 10 Minimization or Maximization ... prohibited To order Numerical Recipes books,diskettes, or CDROMs visit website http://www.nr.com or call 1-800-8 72- 7 423 (North America only) ,or send email to trade@cup.cam.ac.uk (outside North America) ... 398 Chapter 10 Minimization or Maximization of Functions 6 Figure 10.1.1 Successive bracketing of a minimum The minimum is originally bracketed by points 1,3 ,2 The function is evaluated...