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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2023 Prelims Mathematics IV 7 c ii Solution by
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The gradient and constant Hessian matrix areAt , and . Hence one multivariable Newton iteration givesAt this point the gradient vanishes, so every subsequent iterate is . The one-step result follows because the gradient of a quadratic polynomial is affine and its linearization is exact. Since the leading principal minors of are and , it is a positive-definite matrix. Alternatively,directly proves that is the unique global minimum, with value .
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