NEWTON-RAPHSON


Meaning of NEWTON-RAPHSON in English

A well-known algorithm for solving equations. Given an equation,

f x = 0

and an initial approximation, x(0), a better approximation is given by:

x(i+1) = x(i) - f(x(i)) / f'(x(i))

where f'(x) is the first derivative of f, df/dx.

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