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Amount by which step length is rescaled
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For pattern search methods, ``contraction_factor`` specifies the amount
by which step length is rescaled after unsuccesful iterates, must be
strictly between 0 and 1.

For methods that can expand the step length, the expansion is 1/ ``contraction_factor``
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