equations of the form x= f(x).For example, repeatedly
pushing the “cosine” button on a calculator will pro-
duce values that approach a solution to the equation
x= cos x. (As the calculator can only display eight or
10 decimal places, this means that the values shown
on the screen will eventually stabilize.) N
EWTON
’
S
METHOD
is often cited as the most widely used itera-
tive procedure.
See also
CONVERGENT SEQUENCE
;
DYNAMICAL SYS
-
TEM
;
RECURSIVE DEFINITION
.
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