Finding polynomial roots is not a problem where one wants a quick and dirty
code. There are a lot of pitfalls, especially if there are roots that are
multiples, and there has been a lot of work on this problem. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Root-finding_algorithms .
And Uwe may not be aware that optim() is contra-recommended for functions of 1 variable, which seems to be the problem here. But there is
?polyroot
JN
Message: 130
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 11:12:51 +0200
From: Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
Subject: Re: [R] newtons method
To: Kon Knafelman <konk2...@hotmail.com>
Cc: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch
Message-ID: <4a093d93.1020...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
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Kon Knafelman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to code newton's method for finding the roots of polynomial functions? im not sure whether i need to do this manually, or just code something with a loop to stop when it gets to the desired result
See ?optim for optimization methods.
Uwe Ligges
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