Solution to Any Equation Involving One Variable
| FOCAL8-253
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Peter Cornish, Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia
This program solves the equation F(X)=0 through Newton's
method of iteration, The computer asks for F(X), F'(X), and
an approximation to X. The computer then works out a better
solution, accurate to 6 or 10 significant figures, depending
on the sort of FOCAL being used. When there is more than
one value for X, the value closest to the approximation will
be found out.
This program can be used with FOCAL's extended functions
IN.
| Minimum Hardware: | PDP-8 with TTY
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| Restrictions: | User must be able to differentiate
F(X)
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| Source Language: | FOCAL 1969
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| Catalog:
| July 1973
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