On the discovery of the “good Broyden” method. (English) Zbl 0970.90002
Summary: This short note traces the events that led to the unsymmetric rank one formula known as the “good Broyden” update, which is widely used within derivative-free mathematical software for solving a system of nonlinear equations.
MSC:
90-03 | History of operations research and mathematical programming |
01A60 | History of mathematics in the 20th century |