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Secant method, an Uncommon card
In numerical analysis, the secant method is a root-finding algorithm that uses a succession of roots of secant lines to better approximate a root of a function f.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 89
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 36,000
Power 89 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Secant method quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Secant method card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Historically, it is as an ______ of the method of false position, which predates Newton's method by over 3000 years.
Answer
evolution. Historically, it is as an evolution of the method of false position, which predates Newton's method by over 3000 years. From the Secant method article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems 62 · Secant method 57 · Fumigation 53 · Ligurian Sea 49 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The secant method can be thought of as a finite-difference approximation of Newton's method, so it is considered a quasi-Newton method.
- Historically, it is as an evolution of the method of false position, which predates Newton's method by over 3000 years.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Secant method article was read about 36,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Secant method (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Jitse Niesen assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
