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Newton's method, a Rare card
In numerical analysis, the Newton–Raphson method, also known simply as Newton's method, named after Isaac Newton and Joseph Raphson, is a root-finding algorithm which produces successively better approximations to the roots of a real-valued function.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Newton's method quiz: 3 questions
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Find the missing word
The most basic version takes a real-valued function f, its ______ f′, and an initial guess x0 for a root of f.
Answer
derivative. The most basic version takes a real-valued function f, its derivative f′, and an initial guess x0 for a root of f. From the Newton's method article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Barack Obama Sr.. Barack Obama Sr. 680,000 · Gold Ship 460,000 · Newton's method 320,000 · Printed circuit board 230,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
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- The most basic version takes a real-valued function f, its derivative f′, and an initial guess x0 for a root of f.
- If f satisfies certain assumptions and the initial guess is close, then x 1 = x 0 − f f ′ is a better approximation of the root than x0.
- Geometrically, is the x-intercept of the tangent to the graph of f at: that is, the improved guess, x1, is the unique root of the linear approximation of f at the initial guess, x0.
Why it is Rare
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Text : Wikipedia, Newton's method (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Cham at French Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
