newtonraphson_show

Applies the Newton-Raphson algorithm to find x such that ftn(x)[1] == 0,
and plots the trace of the estimate.

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Provides functions and datasets from Jones, O.D., R. Maillardet, and A.P. Robinson.  2014.  An Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation, Using R. 2nd Ed. Chapman And Hall/CRC.

Andrew Robinson  Joseph M Hilbe
        hilbeasuedu

spuRs

Functions and Datasets for "Introduction to Scientific
Programming and Simulation Using R"

Owen Jones

Robert Maillardet

Andrew Robinson

Olga Borovkova

Steven Carnie

newtonraphson_show function

<dl> <dt>ftn</dt>
<dd>the function.</dd> <dt>x0</dt>
<dd>the initial guess of the fixed point.</dd> <dt>xmin</dt>
<dd>lower limit for plotting.</dd> <dt>xmax</dt>
<dd>upper limit for plotting.</dd></dl>

Arguments

A function of the Newton-Raphson algorithm, plotting the path. — newtonraphson_show

<dl>

 <dt>ftn</dt>
<dd>the function.</dd>

 <dt>x0</dt>
<dd>the initial guess of the fixed point.</dd>

 <dt>xmin</dt>
<dd>lower limit for plotting.</dd>

 <dt>xmax</dt>
<dd>upper limit for plotting.</dd>

</dl>

newtonraphson_show: A function of the Newton-Raphson algorithm, plotting the path.

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