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What is Decimal search, g(x) and newton raphson??

Hi, can someone give me a description of these techniques?
I know how to use them, i just need to write a short description of what they are

Cheers

Reply 1

Smaug123

Original post by david95

Hi, can someone give me a description of these techniques?
I know how to use them, i just need to write a short description of what they are
Cheers

If you know how to use them, you should be able to describe them - it sounds like you literally want us to do your exact homework, which is unfortunately not happening :frown:

Reply 2

TenOfThem

Original post by Smaug123

If you know how to use them, you should be able to describe them - it sounds like you literally want us to do your exact homework, which is unfortunately not happening :frown:

Exactly what I was thinking

Reply 3

DrSheldonCooper

the newton-raphson method is an iterative method for solving non-linear (as well as linear) equations numerically. It fails to work if the function is not differentiable at the root, or if the iterant we choose lies on an " n cycle" - where the value we choose keeps going round in circles.

Reply 4

Smaug123

Original post by DrSheldonCooper

the newton-raphson method… fails to work if the function is not differentiable at the root…

For "at", read "in the neighbourhood of", but it probably doesn't make much of a difference :smile:

Reply 5

DrSheldonCooper

Original post by Smaug123

For "at", read "in the neighbourhood of", but it probably doesn't make much of a difference :smile:

A`herm..i stand corrected! (i love a good stickler for precise terminology - a person after my own heart - i tend to "think" in a hurry, though!)

Reply 6

Smaug123

Original post by DrSheldonCooper

A`herm..i stand corrected! (i love a good stickler for precise terminology - a person after my own heart - i tend to "think" in a hurry, though!)

Of course

it's the sort of thing you learn to be really precise about when you study Analysis, whether something has to be true over some interval or just at a point.

Reply 7

david95

Original post by Smaug123

If you know how to use them, you should be able to describe them - it sounds like you literally want us to do your exact homework, which is unfortunately not happening :frown:

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