Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 4: Applications of Derivatives - Section 4.6 - Newton's Method - Exercises 4.6 - Page 230: 7

Answer

$x_{1}=x_0$ $x_n=x_0$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Given a good guess $f(x_0)=0$, we use Newton’s method $x_{n+1}=x_n-\frac{f(x)}{f'(x)}$, to calculate the next few terms. Step 2. As $f'(x_0)\ne0$, we have $x_{1}=x_0-\frac{f(x_0)}{f'(x_0)}=x_0$ Step 3. Similarly, we have $x_{2}=x_1-\frac{f(x_1)}{f'(x_1)}=x_0-\frac{f(x_0)}{f'(x_0)}=x_0$ Step 4. We can generalize the process to get $x_n=x_0$
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