Asked by Michael
Use Newton's method to find a value of x that satisfies: e^x- (x^2/2) = 0
Use the starting value x0=0. Display answer in 4 significant figures
Use the starting value x0=0. Display answer in 4 significant figures
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Answered by
Reiny
e^x - x^2/2=0
2e^x - x^2 = 0
let y = 2e^x - x^2
y' = 2e^x - 2x
Newton said
newx = x - y/y'
= x -(2e^x-x^2)/(2e^x - 2x)
which simplified to
(2xe^x - x^2 - 2e^x)/(2e^x - 2x)
make a chart with
x ---- newx , then replacing x with newx in the next line
0 -1
-1 -.9034
-.9034 -.9012
-.9012 -.901201
x = -.901201 correct to 4 decimals after 3 iterations, not bad
check:
LS = e^x - x^2/2
= .406081662 - .406081621
= .000000041
fantastic result!!!
2e^x - x^2 = 0
let y = 2e^x - x^2
y' = 2e^x - 2x
Newton said
newx = x - y/y'
= x -(2e^x-x^2)/(2e^x - 2x)
which simplified to
(2xe^x - x^2 - 2e^x)/(2e^x - 2x)
make a chart with
x ---- newx , then replacing x with newx in the next line
0 -1
-1 -.9034
-.9034 -.9012
-.9012 -.901201
x = -.901201 correct to 4 decimals after 3 iterations, not bad
check:
LS = e^x - x^2/2
= .406081662 - .406081621
= .000000041
fantastic result!!!
Answered by
Michael
Could u please show how u got -.9034 too? Thanks!!!
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