def nlsolve(f,x)
nRetry = 0
n = x.size
f0 = f.values(x)
zero = f.zero
one = f.one
two = f.two
p5 = one/two
d = norm(f0,zero)
minfact = f.ten*f.ten*f.ten
minfact = one/minfact
e = f.eps
while d >= e do
nRetry += 1
dfdx = jacobian(f,f0,x)
dx = lusolve(dfdx,f0,ludecomp(dfdx,n,zero,one),zero)
fact = two
xs = x.dup
begin
fact *= p5
if fact < minfact then
raise "Failed to reduce function values."
end
for i in 0...n do
x[i] = xs[i] - dx[i]*fact
end
f0 = f.values(x)
dn = norm(f0,zero)
end while(dn>=d)
d = dn
end
nRetry
end