When I understand the documentation correctly, then x and the initial step should be n-dimensional vectors. In the source code of minimize() there is the following assertion:
CV_Assert( std::min(_step.cols, _step.rows) == 1 &&
std::max(_step.cols, _step.rows) >= 2 &&
_step.type() == CV_64FC1 );
Either step.cols or step.rows must be larger than 1. However, in the one-dimensional case, x and step would be vectors with a single element only. So, why does minimize() assume std::max(_step.cols, _step.rows) >= 2?