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Derivatives and more

Optimizing the above equation, that is

\nabla f = 0 = \boldsymbol{A}\boldsymbol{x}-\boldsymbol{b},

which leads to a simple matrix-inversion problem

\boldsymbol{x}=\boldsymbol{A}^{-1}\boldsymbol{b}.

This problem is easy to solve since we can calculate the inverse. Alternatively, we can solve the two coupled equations with two unknowns

\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_1}=2x_1+x_2-5=0,

and

\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_2}=x_1+20x_2-3=0,

with solutions x_1=97/39 and x_2=1/39 .