Newton's Method (7.2.3) Flashcards

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• Newton’s method iterates the approximation process and thereby finds successively better approximations for the solution to a function.

x n+1 = x n - (f(x n))/f’(x n)

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• Newton’s method iterates the approximation process and thereby finds successively better approximations for the solution to a function.

x n+1 = x n - (f(x n))/f’(x n)

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