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As a basic application of the derivative, we study Newton’s method for computing roots of an equation f (x) = 0. Newton’s method is one of the corner-stones of constructive mathematics. As a preparation we start out using the concept of derivative to analyze the convergence of Fixed Point Iteration.
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Eriksson, K., Estep, D., Johnson, C. (2004). Newton’s Method. In: Applied Mathematics: Body and Soul. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05796-4_25
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