# TRIQS application maxent
# Copyright (C) 2018 Gernot J. Kraberger
# Copyright (C) 2018 Simons Foundation
# Authors: Gernot J. Kraberger and Manuel Zingl
#
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class Minimizer(object):
r""" The base class for minimization algorithms.
"""
def minimize(self, function, v0):
raise NotImplementedError('Please use a subclass of Minimizer.')