loren@tristan.llnl.gov (Loren Petrich) (09/14/90)
I checked on the subject of Conjugate Gradients in that big book, "Numerical Recipes", and it did not seem to be anything other than gradient descent. If I am in error about this, please correct me, and write out the basic Conjugate Gradient algorithm, with the Gradient Descent algorithm nearby. I think that it would be helpful to post the basic forms of Gradient Descent and of modifications of it and of other algorithms, just so one can readily compare them. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Loren Petrich, the Master Blaster: loren@sunlight.llnl.gov Since this nodename is not widely known, you may have to try: loren%sunlight.llnl.gov@star.stanford.edu