 Global minimizer (source code)

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= Global minimizer

= Minimizer
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= Minimiser
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A <global minimizer> is a point attaining the <infimum> of an objective. For an extended-real <functional>, it is usual to require a finite objective value; this excludes points outside its <effective domain>. A convention allowing $+\infty$ as the attained value gives every point as a formal minimizer of the identically infinite function.

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