Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.11 - Applications of Taylor Polynomials - 11.11 Exercises - Page 820: 39

Answer

$|x_{n+1}-r|\leq \dfrac{M}{2K}|x_n-r|^2$

Work Step by Step

Consider $f(r)=f(x_n) +f'(x_n)(r-x_n)+R_1(r)$ For $f(r)=0$, we have $f(x_n) +f'(x_n)(r-x_n)+R_1(r)=0$ Re-arrange as: $\dfrac{R_1(r)}{f'(x_n)}=x_n-r-\dfrac{f(x_n)}{f'(x_n)}(r-x_n)$ This implies that $|x_{n+1}-r|=|\dfrac{R_1(r)}{f'(x_n)}|$ Apply Newton's formula as given in the statement. $|R_1{r}|\leq |\dfrac{f''(r)}{2!}||r-x_n|^2$ Hence, we have $|x_{n+1}-r|\leq \dfrac{M}{2K}|x_n-r|^2$
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