# hessian: Hessian Matrix In pracma: Practical Numerical Math Functions

 hessian R Documentation

## Hessian Matrix

### Description

Numerically compute the Hessian matrix.

### Usage

hessian(f, x0, h = .Machine\$double.eps^(1/4), ...)


### Arguments

 f univariate function of several variables. x0 point in R^n. h step size. ... variables to be passed to f.

### Details

Computes the hessian matrix based on the three-point central difference formula, expanded to two variables.

Assumes that the function has continuous partial derivatives.

### Value

An n-by-n matrix with \frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x_i \partial x_j} as (i, j) entry.

### References

Fausett, L. V. (2007). Applied Numerical Analysis Using Matlab. Second edition, Prentice Hall.

hessdiag, hessvec, laplacian

### Examples

f <- function(x) cos(x[1] + x[2])
x0 <- c(0, 0)
hessian(f, x0)

f <- function(u) {
x <- u[1]; y <- u[2]; z <- u[3]
return(x^3 + y^2 + z^2 +12*x*y + 2*z)
}
x0 <- c(1,1,1)
hessian(f, x0)


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