Calculus

Lesson 19 Newton's Method

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            Newton's Method deals with finding the zeroes of a function using the

                                    derivative of that function.

                                    Each step comes from: 

                        We can proceed until  is smaller than some tollerance.

                        Example:                  

                                                            Try: 

                        Also note that sometimes it might not work:

On to Lesson 20 - Antiderivatives

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