Use Newton’s method to approximate a root of
in the interval
Let
and find
and
From
[link] , we see that
has one root over the interval
Therefore
seems like a reasonable first approximation. To find the next approximation, we use
[link] . Since
the derivative is
Using
[link] with
(and a calculator that displays
digits), we obtain
To find the next approximation,
we use
[link] with
and the value of
stored on the calculator. We find that
Continuing in this way, we obtain the following results:
We note that we obtained the same value for
and
Therefore, any subsequent application of Newton’s method will most likely give the same value for
Newton’s method can also be used to approximate square roots. Here we show how to approximate
This method can be modified to approximate the square root of any positive number.
Finding a square root
Use Newton’s method to approximate
(
[link] ). Let
let
and calculate
(We note that since
has a zero at
the initial value
is a reasonable choice to approximate
When using Newton’s method, each approximation after the initial guess is defined in terms of the previous approximation by using the same formula. In particular, by defining the function
we can rewrite
[link] as
This type of process, where each
is defined in terms of
by repeating the same function, is an example of an
iterative process . Shortly, we examine other iterative processes. First, let’s look at the reasons why Newton’s method could fail to find a root.
Failures of newton’s method
Typically, Newton’s method is used to find roots fairly quickly. However, things can go wrong. Some reasons why Newton’s method might fail include the following:
At one of the approximations
the derivative
is zero at
but
As a result, the tangent line of
at
does not intersect the
-axis. Therefore, we cannot continue the iterative process.
The approximations
may approach a different root. If the function
has more than one root, it is possible that our approximations do not approach the one for which we are looking, but approach a different root (see
[link] ). This event most often occurs when we do not choose the approximation
close enough to the desired root.
The approximations may fail to approach a root entirely. In
[link] , we provide an example of a function and an initial guess
such that the successive approximations never approach a root because the successive approximations continue to alternate back and forth between two values.
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