Uwe Ligges <ligges <at> statistik.tu-dortmund.de> writes: > > Dear Jesper, > > since you want to write this yourself it is obvious this is a homework > problem. Please ask your supervisor for support on homeworks. > > Uwe Ligges > > On 02.06.2011 22:28, Jesper Hörnblad wrote: > > Hi > > > > I would like to use the newton raphson method to find the root if the > > equation x^3-0.165*x+0.0003993 without using any readliy available program > > in r but instead by writing my own code and loop. the problem is that i > > really cant understand how to write the loop so that it keeps using the last > > calcualted values. if anyone could help me or give me some tips i would > > deeply appriciate it > >
Alternatively, give us a plausible reason for needing to do this in some applied context (i.e. supporting evidence that this isn't homework), *and* (perhaps more importantly) show us how far you've gotten on your own. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
