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Solving Equations Numerically: 21B Numerical Solutions

The document discusses three numerical methods for solving equations: 1) the bisection method, which works by repeatedly bisecting an interval containing a root; 2) Newton's method, which uses iterative calculations based on the function's derivative to home in on a root; and 3) the fixed-point method. It provides algorithms and examples for the bisection and Newton's methods. The bisection method is guaranteed to find a root but converges slowly, while Newton's method converges faster but may not work if the initial guess is not close to the root.

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Solving Equations Numerically: 21B Numerical Solutions

The document discusses three numerical methods for solving equations: 1) the bisection method, which works by repeatedly bisecting an interval containing a root; 2) Newton's method, which uses iterative calculations based on the function's derivative to home in on a root; and 3) the fixed-point method. It provides algorithms and examples for the bisection and Newton's methods. The bisection method is guaranteed to find a root but converges slowly, while Newton's method converges faster but may not work if the initial guess is not close to the root.

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21B Numerical Solutions

Solving Equations Numerically

21B Numerical Solutions

Three numeric methods for solving an equation numerically:


Bisection Method
Newton's Method
Fixed-point Method

21B Numerical Solutions

Bisection Method Algorithm


Let f(x) be a continuous function and let a1 and b1 be numbers

Pros:

satisfying a1<b1 and f(a1) f(b1)<0.


Let E denote the desired bound for the error |r-mn|.

Cons:

Repeat steps 1 to 5 for n=1,2,... until hn < E


1. Calculate
2. Calculate
3. Calculate
4. If
5. If

.
and if

then STOP.
(for error testing).

then set
then set

and
and

21B Numerical Solutions

EX 1: Approximate the real root to 2 decimal places.

21B Numerical Solutions

Newton's Method Algorithm


Let f(x) be a differentiable function and let x1 be an initial approximation
to the root, r of f(x) = 0. Let E denote a bound for the error |r-xn|.
Repeat the following step for n= 1,2,.. until |xn+1-xn|<E

Pros:
Cons:

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EX 2

Use Newton's method to approximate a root of 7x3+2x-5=0


to 5 decimal places.

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Warning on Newton's Method:

21B Numerical Solutions

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