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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=optimization_%28mathematics%29">optimization</a>, a <b>gradient method</b> is an <a href="page.php?w=algorithm">algorithm</a> to solve problems of the form </p>

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<p>with the search directions defined by the <a href="page.php?w=gradient">gradient</a> of the function at the current point. Examples of gradient methods are the <a href="page.php?w=gradient_descent">gradient descent</a> and the <a href="page.php?w=conjugate_gradient">conjugate gradient</a>.</p>

<p><big>See also</big></p>
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* <a href="page.php?w=Gradient_descent">Gradient descent</a><br/></p><p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Gradient_method&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
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