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How to get started with Minuit

Here it is shown how to run a MINUIT example of function minimization. The example is based on the Quadratic function in four parameters from chapter 7.7 from the Minimization tutorial and it is implemented in Minuit/tests/MnTutorial/Quad4FMain.cpp.

It is described how one can run MINUIT in order to minimize this function, and verify that the result is correct. Both ways are described for SCRAM users at CERN and those who use autoconf/make.

Instructions to check out the MINUIT source code from the CVS repository are described here.

A list of various Minuit examples is present here.