I am using FindMinimum a lot. When it doesn't converge as well as I want, sometimes I want to increase MaxIterations. But the documented default value of MaxIterations is simply "AUTOMATIC". So if I want to increase it, I don't know what to increase it from! I don't know whether AUTOMATIC is a fixed number (that the mysterious W authorities are hiding from me), or whether it is set internally at each execution by FindMinimum. If it fixed, what is it? And if it is set internally, is there a way to have FindMinimum tell me what number it just used in some particular execution, so i can try again with a bigger number?
Thanks. If you tell me the answer, I will tell you the Secret of Stradivarius.