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Use Newton’s Method to approximate a root of the function starting with , and compute the first two iterations: and .
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Newton’s iteration is
Keeping full precision internally gives
Section 4-13 · Calculus pages 915–916
Use Newton’s Method to approximate a root of the function starting with , and compute the first two iterations: and .
Newton’s iteration is
Keeping full precision internally gives