.. _method-optpp_fd_newton-merit_function-el_bakry:

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El-Bakry merit function


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**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* None


**Description**


The "el_bakry" merit function is the L2-norm of the first order
optimality conditions for the nonlinear programming problem. The cost
per linesearch iteration is n+1 function evaluations. For more
information, see :cite:p:`ElBak1996`.