NEWTON'S METHOD


Meaning of NEWTON'S METHOD in English

Math.

a process for approximating the roots of an equation by replacing the curve representing the equation by its tangent and finding the intersection of the tangent with the x-axis and iterating this process.

[ after I. NEWTON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .