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    In numerical analysis, Newton's method, also known as the Newton–Raphson method, named after Isaac Newton and Joseph Raphson, is a root-finding algorithm...
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    In calculus, Newton's method (also called Newton–Raphson) is an iterative method for finding the roots of a differentiable function F, which are solutions...
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  • Quasi-Newton methods are methods used to find either zeroes or local maxima and minima of functions, as an alternative to Newton's method. They can be...
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    binomial theorem, valid for any exponent. He discovered Newton's identities, Newton's method, classified cubic plane curves (polynomials of degree three...
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    of Newton's method. However, the secant method predates Newton's method by over 3000 years. For finding a zero of a function f, the secant method is defined...
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  • sometimes called Newton's divided differences interpolation polynomial because the coefficients of the polynomial are calculated using Newton's divided differences...
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    minimizing a sum of squared function values. It is an extension of Newton's method for finding a minimum of a non-linear function. Since a sum of squares...
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  • who introduced the method now called by his name. The algorithm is second in the class of Householder's methods, after Newton's method. Like the latter...
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  • {\sqrt[{3}]{2}}\approx 1.2599} for Newton's method, 3 6 ≈ 1.2009 {\displaystyle {\sqrt[{6}]{3}}\approx 1.2009} for Halley's method and falling towards 1 or linear...
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    The Newton fractal is a boundary set in the complex plane which is characterized by Newton's method applied to a fixed polynomial p(z) ∈ C {\displaystyle...
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