fminsearch options Display iter

[gciriani]

Does 

display the absolute value of the function?

I'm working on a maximization problem with fminsearch, therefore I put a
minus sign in front of my function, for the minimizer to work in my case.
The function is a probability and is always positive. I then pass the
function to a handle and finally I use the handle in fminsearch for the
minimization. 

I set the Display option to iter to observe what is going on. However, the
value displayed is positive. Is this done for a particular reason, or am I
assuming something incorrectly?



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