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Numerical solution of equations

2.6

What the syllabus asks of you

  • locate approximately a root of an equation, by means of graphical considerations and/or searching for a sign change
  • understand the idea of, and use the notation for, a sequence of approximations which converges to a root of an equation
  • understand how a given simple iterative formula of the form xₙ + ₁ = F(xₙ) relates to the equation being solved, and use a given iteration, or an iteration based on a given rearrangement of an equation, to determine a root to a prescribed degree of accuracy.

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Chapter 14: Numerical solution of equations

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