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a: Newton's Method Explanation

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b: Secant Method Explanation

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c: Bisection Method Explanation

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d: Golden Section Search Explanation

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a: To find the exact optimum Explanation

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b: To approximate the optimum Explanation

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c: To determine the search direction Explanation

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d: To select the initial guess Explanation

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a: \( \frac{-\sqrt{5} + 1}{2} \) Explanation

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b: \( \frac{\sqrt{5} - 1}{2} \) Explanation

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c: \( \frac{1 - \sqrt{5}}{2} \) Explanation

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d: \( \frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2} \) Explanation

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a: 1 Explanation

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b: 2 Explanation

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c: 3 Explanation

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d: 4 Explanation

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a: To converge in a fixed number of iterations Explanation

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b: To find the exact global minimum Explanation

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c: To maximize the search interval Explanation

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d: To minimize the function evaluations Explanation

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Optimization - To find a minimum of a given objective function within the given interval using the golden section search method.