Newton's method

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noun

Mathematics.

1. a process for approximating the roots of an equation by replacing the curve representing the equation by its tangent and finding the intersection of the tangent with the x-axis and iterating this process.

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Etymology

Origin of Newton's method

After I. Newton

Example Sentences

This process, the first half of calculus, is now known as differentiation; however, Newton's method of differentiation doesn't look very much like the one we use today.

From Literature

Newton’s method of differentiation was based on a notational trick: he let the fluxions change, but he only let them change infinitesimally.

From Literature

Newton’s method of fluxions was very dubious.

From Literature

As an example, inequality constraints are often handled via penalty functions49 and variations of gradient descent or Newton’s method.

From Nature

Newton's method of dealing with these problems was mainly geometric, and the insufficiency of this method was apparent.

From Project Gutenberg