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Newton’s Method (Numerical Analysis)

Subject: Static GK (General Knowledge)

Book: Famous Theorems & Laws

Iterative method to find roots of a real-valued function. x_{n+1} = x_n - f(x_n)/f′(x_n). Rapid convergence under good conditions.

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