secantNVariables.m File Reference

Algorithm 8.4: Newton's secant method, n variables. More...

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Functions
function	secantNVariables (in obj, in x0, in eps, in maxiter)
	Applies Newton's secant algorithm to solve where . More...

Detailed Description

Algorithm 8.4: Newton's secant method, n variables.

Implementation of algorithm 8.4 of [Bier17-book]

Author

Michel Bierlaire

Date

Thu Mar 19 18:41:39 2015

Definition in file secantNVariables.m.

Function Documentation

secantNVariables()

function secantNVariables	(	in	obj,
		in	x0,
		in	eps,
		in	maxiter
	)

Applies Newton's secant algorithm to solve where .

Note

Tested with run0711sec.m

Parameters

obj	the name of the Octave function defining F(x) and its Jacobian
x0	the starting point
eps	algorithm stops if .
maxiter	maximum number of iterations (Default: 100)

Returns

root of the system