Rosenbrock Function

The function

that is often used as a test problem for optimization algorithms (where a variation with 100 replaced by 105 is sometimes used; Germundsson 2000). It has a global minimum of 0 at the point (1, 1).

REFERENCES:

Germundsson, R. "Mathematica Version 4." Mathematica J. 7, 497-524, 2000.

Rosenbrock, H. H. "An Automatic Method for Finding the Greatest or Least Value of a Function." Computer J. 3, 175-184, 1960.