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Roots via Newton's method. #33

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make-github-pseudonymous-again opened this issue May 26, 2020 · 1 comment
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Roots via Newton's method. #33

make-github-pseudonymous-again opened this issue May 26, 2020 · 1 comment

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make-github-pseudonymous-again commented May 26, 2020

See https://math.mit.edu/~stevenj/18.335/newton-sqrt.pdf.
Not limited to square roots.
Good convergence.
Can test for perfect squares.
Should have a helper method to know number of iteration from desired precision.
Should have a helper method that knows the number of iteration needed in case of a perfect square.

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