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Subject: Re: Newton-Raphson method or regula falsi method
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Walter Roberson <roberson@hushmail.com> wrote in message <wcw%k.19359$b05.10685@newsfe06.iad>...
> maaya wrote:
> > solve this equation using Newton-Raphson method or regula-falsi
> > method:
> > tan x=x
> 
> My initial guess of "x = 0" solved it in 0 iterations.
> 
> 
> -- 
> .signature note: I am now avoiding replying to unclear or ambiguous postings.
> Please review questions before posting them. Be specific. Use examples of what you mean,
> of what you don't mean. Specify boundary conditions, and data classes and value
> relationships -- what if we scrambled your data or used -Inf, NaN, or complex(rand,rand)?

Yeah but that's not fair, you have to have a lot of experience to know that tan(0) = 0, without using a numerical estimation method!