Numerické metody v R^n
$$ \xdef\scal#1#2{\langle #1, #2 \rangle} \xdef\norm#1{\left\lVert #1 \right\rVert} \xdef\dist{\rho} \xdef\and{\&}\xdef\brackets#1{\left\{ #1 \right\}} \xdef\parc#1#2{\frac {\partial #1}{\partial #2}} \xdef\mtr#1{\begin{pmatrix}#1\end{pmatrix}} \xdef\bm#1{\boldsymbol{#1}} \xdef\mcal#1{\mathcal{#1}} \xdef\vv#1{\mathbf{#1}}\xdef\vvp#1{\pmb{#1}} \xdef\ve{\varepsilon} \xdef\l{\lambda} \xdef\th{\vartheta} \xdef\a{\alpha} \xdef\tagged#1{(\text{#1})} \xdef\tagged*#1{\text{#1}} \xdef\tagEqHere#1#2{\href{#2\#eq-#1}{(\text{#1})}} \xdef\tagDeHere#1#2{\href{#2\#de-#1}{\text{#1}}} \xdef\tagEq#1{\href{\#eq-#1}{(\text{#1})}} \xdef\tagDe#1{\href{\#de-#1}{\text{#1}}} \xdef\T#1{\htmlId{eq-#1}{#1}} \xdef\D#1{\htmlId{de-#1}{\vv{#1}}} \xdef\conv#1{\mathrm{conv}\, #1} \xdef\cone#1{\mathrm{cone}\, #1} \xdef\aff#1{\mathrm{aff}\, #1} \xdef\lin#1{\mathrm{Lin}\, #1} \xdef\span#1{\mathrm{span}\, #1} \xdef\O{\mathcal O} \xdef\ri#1{\mathrm{ri}\, #1} \xdef\rd#1{\mathrm{r}\partial\, #1} \xdef\interior#1{\mathrm{int}\, #1} \xdef\proj{\Pi} \xdef\epi#1{\mathrm{epi}\, #1} \xdef\grad#1{\mathrm{grad}\, #1} \xdef\hess#1{\nabla^2\, #1} \xdef\subdif#1{\partial #1} \xdef\co#1{\mathrm{co}\, #1} $$
Obecně jsou metody numerické optimalizace založeny na minimalizační posloupnosti $\brackets{x^{[k]}}$, kde $$ x^{[k+1]} = x^{[k]} + \a_k h_k, $$ kde $\a_k \in \R$ se nazývá délka $k$-tého kroku