Re: [R] Newton's method for finding roots

2009-05-17 Thread spencerg
"Search" on the left under "www.r-project.org" provide 5 different search engines devoted to R. The R-help archives for 4/20/2009 (+/-1 depending on your local time zone and mine) contains an interesting discussion of this issue, Subj: "Re: [R] Two or more dimensional root (Zero) finding

Re: [R] Newton's method for finding roots

2009-05-17 Thread Dieter Menne
Kon Knafelman hotmail.com> writes > I need to use netwon's method to find the root of a polynomial, .. It't time to get your homework date May 12 submitted. http://markmail.org/message/x5vdbync3gxfs5hp Dieter __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list htt

[R] Newton's method for finding roots

2009-05-16 Thread Kon Knafelman
Hey guys, i have a relatively simple problem. I need to use netwon's method to find the root of a polynomial, lets say x^3-2x-1 i start off with p <- function(x) x^3-2*x-1 My method, which im sure is very amateur, is to type another function, which is the derivative of p, and after picking a