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EvaluationMonitor

EvaluationMonitor
is an option for various numerical computation and plotting functions that gives an expression to evaluate whenever functions derived from the input are evaluated numerically.

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  • The option setting is normally given as EvaluationMonitor:>expr. The is used instead of to avoid expr being immediately evaluated.
  • Whenever expr is evaluated, all variables in the numerical computation are assigned their current values. Block[{var1=val1, ...}, expr] is effectively used. »

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Print information with every function evaluation used to find a root:

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Count evaluations:

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Use Reap and Sow to collect evaluation data:

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Show the superlinear convergence of the method:

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Scope (5)Scope (5)

Generalizations & Extensions (2)Generalizations & Extensions (2)

Applications (6)Applications (6)

Properties & Relations (1)Properties & Relations (1)

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