SimPEG.objective_function.BaseObjectiveFunction.test#

BaseObjectiveFunction.test(x=None, num=4, **kwargs)[source]#

Run a convergence test on both the first and second derivatives.

They should be second order!

Parameters:
xNone or (n_param, ) numpy.ndarray, optional

The evaluation point for the Taylor expansion.

numint

The number of iterations in the convergence test.

Returns:
bool

True if both tests pass. False if either test fails.