Wed Mar 18 10:09:35 2020 sa_test R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15) sa seeks the minimum of a function using simulated annealing. sa(polynomial, 0) = 3.612569 f(x) = -78.18373 sa(polynomial, 0) = 3.61281 f(x) = -78.18371 sa_test Normal end of execution. Wed Mar 18 10:09:36 2020