Newton's Method -- from MathWorld

From: Roger Bagula (tftn_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 09/09/04

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        Newton's Method

     

    Newton's method, also called the Newton-Raphson method, is a
    root-finding algorithm
    <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Root-FindingAlgorithm.html> that uses the
    first few terms of the Taylor series
    <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TaylorSeries.html> of a function f(x) in
    the vicinity of a suspected root
    <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Root.html>. For f(x) a polynomial
    <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Polynomial.html>, Newton's method is
    essentially the same as Horner's method
    <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HornersMethod.html>.

    http://mathworld.wolfram.com/NewtonsMethod.html
    Respectfully, Roger L. Bagula

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