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[Duplicate] Brent minimization seems to be duplicated within FSharp.Stats

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
fsharp
Domain
data

Research direction

Compare FSharp.Stats.Optimization.Brent with FSharp.Stats.Rootfinding.Brent first, checking whether their methods are compatible and which implementation is more performant. Consolidate the chosen version under the Optimization namespace and add documentation for the resulting API.

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Description

refactor

There is FSharp.Stats.Optimization.Brent and FSharp.Stats.Rootfinding.Brent, both without proper documentation.

  • clarify if methods are compatible
  • decide for more performant version and put it in Optimization namespace
  • add documentation
Dominant language
F#
Stars
228
Forks
58
Avg merge
2d 7h
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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