ENH: optimize.root_scalar: allow newton without f', secant without x1 #17691
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Reference issue
Closes gh-17570
What does this implement/fix?
root_scalar
does not allowmethod='newton'
to be used without an analytical derivative even thoughscipy.optimize.root
does, and it does not allowmethod='secant'
to be used without an explicitx1
even thoughscipy.optimize.newton
does. This PR removesroot_scalar
's restrictions on use of these methods and updates the defaults method resolution accordingly.Additional information
I don't think there are any BC concerns because it is documented that
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