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Most methods for the minimization of a function of a single variable work on the principle of reducing an interval which is known to contain the minimum Such an interval is known as a bracket and the process of finding a bracket is called bracketing.
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Turner, P.R. (1994). Optimization. In: Numerical Analysis. Macmillan College Work Out Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13108-2_12
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