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Just wondering if someone could give a real general explanation on how to use newtons method to find 0s of a function. What all do you do to f(x)?
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Just wondering if someone could give a real general explanation on how to use newtons method to find 0s of a function. What all do you do to f(x)?
The first section of this link will help you: Newton's method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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