Hi, I keep running into a problem using minimize on a set of equations that are complex but after multiplying by the complex conjugate the imaginary part is zero but Minimize keeps outputting:

The objective function {((-0.802836+0. I)+scatter)^2,((-0.800188+0. I)+scatter)^2,((-0.835493+0. I)+scatter)^2,((-0.823595+0. I)+scatter)^2,((-0.807161+0. I)+scatter)^2,<<42>>,((-0.818022+0. I)+scatter)^2,((-0.811734+0. I)+scatter)^2,((-0.812057+0. I)+scatter)^2,<<115>>} should be scalar-valued. >>

So far I have tried to use the Re[] function to strip off the imaginary part but with the same results. Any ideas?