CALCULUS Understanding
Its Concepts and Methods
CALCULUS Understanding
Its Concepts and Methods
Newton's method
Newton's method is an algorithm for approximating a zero of a function (a place where the function takes on the value zero).
Algorithm:Let
x0
be an initial approximation to a zero of a function
f.
Set
and
for
set
Usually, the numbers xn are successively better approximations to a zero of f .
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